Organism Function
plant development
plant de·vel·op·ment
Subclass of:
Growth and Development function; Plant Physiological Phenomena
Definitions related to plant development:
  • Processes orchestrated or driven by a plethora of genes, plant hormones, and inherent biological timing mechanisms facilitated by secondary molecules, which result in the systematic transformation of plants and plant parts, from one stage of maturity to another.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (plant growth/development) Includes normal and pathological, biological and age-related changes in any plant.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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