vernalize

vernalize
/verr"nl uyz'/, v.t., vernalized, vernalizing.
to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
Also, esp. Brit., vernalise.
[1820-30; VERNAL + -IZE]

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