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Autoflower

Pronounced / AW·toh·flow·er /

A plant that starts flowering with age rather than in response to shorter days.

Example in a sentence

“Because it is an autoflower, the plant began budding in week four without any change to the light timer.”

Also called autoflowers, autoflowering

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