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devernalization en · NOUN

Etymology

From de- + vernalization.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The reversal of a previous vernalization.
    • An agronomic problem in obligate winter wheats is devernalization. In many environments, a temporary period of high temperature may partially or completely annul any degree of vernalization already obtained. 2016, M.B. Kirkham, Elevated Carbon Dioxide: Impacts on Soil and Plant Water Relations: