phytotropin

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noun

Any of a class of substances that inhibits auxin transport and therefore of root growth, gravitropism and phototropism.

OriginLatin tropus ← English phyto- ← Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón) →
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Meanings

nounphytotropin (plural phytotropins)

plural phytotropins

  1. biochemistryAny of a class of substances that inhibits auxin transport and therefore of root growth, gravitropism and phototropism.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekφῠτός (phŭtós)
  2. Ancient Greekφῠτόν (phŭtón)
  3. Englishphyto-
  4. Latintropus
  5. Englishphytotropin

From phyto- + -trope + -in.

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