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From vernal + -in, coined by the German botanist G. Melchers in 1939.
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Today it means: A hypothetical plant hormone thought to be responsible for vernalization. Full definition →
From vernal + -in, coined by the German botanist G. Melchers in 1939.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.