Words - Plant Hormones

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Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.

abscisin	a hormone which triggers the fall of autumn leaves in certain trees.
abscissin	a hormone which triggers the fall of autumn leaves in certain trees.
antiauxin	a plant substance that opposes or represses the effects of an auxin, a growth hormone.
auxin	a substance increasing the growth of plants; a plant hormone.
auxinic	relating to an auxin, a plant hormone.
cytokinin	any of numerous substances which regulate plant growth by inducing cell division.
dormin	abscissic acid, a plant hormone.
florigen	a postulated flower-forming hormone.
florigenic	relating to florigen, a postulated flower-forming hormone.
gibberellin	any of several plant-growth regulators produced by a fungus of the genus Gibberella.
heteroauxin	a natural plant hormone, used esp for stimulating growth and root formation in plant cutting.
jasmonate	any of several organic compounds that occur in plants and are thought to control processes such as growth and fruit ripening.
kinetin	a substance that increases plant growth.
kinin	a plant hormone which promotes cell division and is used commercially as a preservative for cut flowers.
phytohormone	a plant hormone, regulating growth.

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