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prepink

prepink adjective: after the development of buds and leaves on an apple tree, but before the pink coloration appears.

Adjective

prepink (not comparable)

  1. After the development of buds and leaves on an apple tree, but before the pink coloration appears.
    • The apple trees were to receive no dormant lime sulphur, but an application of Scalecide 1 to 15 at the delayed dormant, followed by a prepink lime sulphur 1 to 30 and the pink lime sulphur 1 to 10.1885, Pamphlets on Parasitology, volume 128, page 255
    • These all showed positive correlation (r = +.414 to +.507) with the length of the interval prepink to calyx. This is not surprising, since always most of this interval was in May and usually rainy days in May are cool days […]1948, Donald Folsom, Comparative Effects of Certain Sulphur Fungicides on McIntosh Apple Trees, page 19

Origin of prepink

From pre- + pink.

Questions about prepink

What does prepink mean?
Prepink means after the development of buds and leaves on an apple tree, but before the pink coloration appears.
What part of speech is prepink?
Prepink is an adjective.

Words near prepink in the dictionary

  1. prepilin
  2. prepilin peptidase
  3. prepilin peptidases
  4. prepilins
  5. prepill
  6. prepink
  7. prepiriform
  8. preplace
  9. preplaced
  10. preplacement
  11. preplacements

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