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A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, botany, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: phytohormone, plant hormone, growth regulator
Narrower terms: indoleacetic acid, IAA, indolebutyric acid
Etymology tree Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English auxin From Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”) + English -in.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
auxina
— class of plant growth hormones
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Chinese Mandarin:
生長素 /生长素
(shēngzhǎngsù)
— class of plant growth hormones
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Czech:
auxin
— class of plant growth hormones
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Finnish:
auksiini
— class of plant growth hormones
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Japanese:
オーキシン
(ōkishin)
— class of plant growth hormones
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Japanese:
生長素
(seichōso)
— class of plant growth hormones
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Polish:
auksyna
— class of plant growth hormones
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Portuguese:
auxina
— class of plant growth hormones
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Spanish:
auxina
— class of plant growth hormones
