short-day

adjective

ˈshȯrt-ˌdā 

: responding to or relating to a short photoperiod

—used especially of a plant compare day-neutral, long-day

Examples of short-day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Short-Day Onions Long-day onions are usually planted in late winter to spring, but short-day onions are planted in fall, usually about 4 weeks before a hard freeze is expected in your area. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026

Texas Super Sweet, Georgia Sweet, and Sweet Red are short-day onions often grown in the South. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 July 2026

After the first year of growth, remove most of the foliage from short-day plants in fall and remove older, browning foliage from day-neutral strawberries. — Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026

Too Much Light Unlike most plants that flower during the longer days of spring and summer, Christmas cactuses are short-day plants that form buds and flower only when the days get short in winter. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for short-day

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• assez
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway