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GROWTH REGULATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does growth regulator mean?
• GROWTH REGULATOR (noun)
The noun GROWTH REGULATOR has 1 sense:
1. (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
Familiarity information: GROWTH REGULATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
growth regulator; phytohormone; plant hormone
Hypernyms ("growth regulator" is a kind of...):
plant product (a product made from plant material)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "growth regulator"):
auxin (a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth)
gibberellin (a plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth)
cytokinin; kinin (any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves)
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