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单词 long-day
释义

long-day

[ lawng-dey, long- ]
/ ˈlɔŋˈdeɪ, ˈlɒŋ- /

adjective Botany.

requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.

Origin of long-day

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby long-day

long clam, longcloth, long-coats, long con, long-dated, long-day, long-day plant, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Longden, long distance, long division
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Example sentences from the Web for long-day

  • As he hastened out to trail the long-day bitter enemies, he was framing in his mind the preliminary answers for the coroner.

    Laramie Holds the Range|Frank H. Spearman
  • With our present arrangement, we had these long-day marches every other day.

    The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen
  • So in general our winter work was about as restless and trying as that of the long-day summer.

    The Story of My Boyhood and Youth|John Muir

British Dictionary definitions for long-day

long-day

adjective

(of certain plants) able to mature and flower only if exposed to long periods of daylight (more than 12 hours), each followed by a shorter period of darknessCompare short-day
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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