verb
- subjecting seeds or plants to cold treatment to promote flowering or germination
Usage: botanical; agricultural
Examples
- The farmer is vernalizing the wheat seeds before spring planting.
- Vernalizing bulbs in the refrigerator mimics winter conditions.
- The research team spent weeks vernalizing different plant varieties.
- Many flowering plants require vernalizing to bloom properly.
- The greenhouse uses controlled temperatures for vernalizing seedlings.
- Vernalizing helps break seed dormancy in cold-climate crops.