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GIBBERELLIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gibberellin mean?
• GIBBERELLIN (noun)
The noun GIBBERELLIN has 1 sense:
1. a plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth
Familiarity information: GIBBERELLIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("gibberellin" is a kind of...):
growth regulator; phytohormone; plant hormone ((botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gibberellin"):
gibberellic acid (a crystalline acid associated with gibberellin)
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