preblooming

adj

preblooming

adj

Etymology From pre- + blooming.

1

Prior to blooming.

Cordner (114) found that plant size and pod set are related to environment during the preblooming and flowering stages, respectively.1945, United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin, numbers 851-875:

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