PLANT HORMONE

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Meaning:

(botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone

Synonyms:

growth regulator; phytohormone; plant hormone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("plant hormone" 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 "plant hormone"):

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)