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GIBBERELLIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth
Classified under:
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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