Definition of Florigen

1. Noun. (botany) A supposed hormone that causes flowering in plants ¹

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Definition of Florigen

1. a plant hormone [n -S]

Medical Definition of Florigen

1. Hypothetical plant growth substance (hormone) postulated to induce flowering. Existence not proven: recently suggested that it might be an oligosaccharin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Florigen

florides
floridest
floridities
floridity
floridly
floridness
floridnesses
florier
floriest
floriferous
floriferousness
florification
florifications
floriform
florigen (current term)
florigenic
florigens
floriken
florikens
florikin
florikins
florilegia
florilegium
florimania
florimanias
florimer
florimers
florin
florins

Literary usage of Florigen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library by Bibliographical Society (Great Britain)., Library Association (1907)
"florigen E " is NOW applied (and has been for three years) to the floors of H,M. PATENT OFFICE LIBRARY and OTHER IMPORTANT LIBRARIES; also Art Galleries, ..."

2. Die Mercerisation der Baumwolle und die Appretur der mercerisierten Gewebe by Paul Gardner (1912)
"... auf nicht florigen Geweben, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zur Erzielung von ... nicht florigen Geweben" auf Grund der ausgelegten Unterlagen beschlossen. ..."

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