phytotronn.
/ˈfʌɪtə(ʊ)trɒn/, U.S. /ˈfaɪdəˌtrɑn/ A laboratory where plants can be maintained and studied under a wide range of controlled conditions.
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phytotron1949
1949 Plant Physiol. 24 553 The word phytotron was coined for the new laboratory by Dr. R. A. Millikan..who feels that it will play the same role in plant physiology and the applied plant sciences..as the cyclotron has already had in pure and applied physics.
1958 Observer 7 Sept. 8/4 The Australian Government is to spend £500,000 on a new type of phytotron.
1974 Telegraph (Brisbane) 23 Sept. 6/6 The phytotron would enable scientists to grow four crops of rice a year and thus speed up research.
1994 Harrowsmith June 48/2 They do this first in the lab, then in sealed, climate-controlled greenhouses called phytotrons, then in enclosed cages in the field.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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