Plant Hormone Definition

noun
An organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
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Noun

Singular:
plant hormone
Plural:
plant-hormones

Plant Hormone Sentence Examples

  • The other involves dipping the cut flowering shoots in a chemical called auxin, a plant hormone.

  • The plant hormone auxin (see Plant architecture) appears to have a crucial role.

  • It is formed as a reaction to the stress hormone ethylene and the plant hormone ABA (abscisic acid ).

  • Studies on mutants deficient in the plant hormone gibberellin (GA) have shown that GA is required for this step.

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