IAA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does IAA mean? 

• IAA (noun)
  The noun IAA has 2 senses:

1. a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots

2. Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen

  Familiarity information: IAA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IAA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

IAA; indoleacetic acid

Hypernyms ("IAA" is a kind of...):

auxin (a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Aden-Abyan Islamic Army; IAA; Islamic Army of Aden; Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Republic of Yemen; Yemen (a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990)