GIBBERELLIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth

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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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