Gibberellin Definition
jĭbə-rĕlĭn
noun
One of a group of organic compounds, secreted by an ascomycetous fungus (Gibberella fujikuroi), which behave like plant hormones in stimulating seed germination, growth of roots, leaves, and stems, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Gibberellin
Noun
Singular:
gibberellin
Plural:
gibberellinsOrigin of Gibberellin
From New Latin Gibberella (fujikoroī) the fungus from which a gibberellin was first isolated from Latin gibberella feminine diminutive of gibber hump (from the humplike shape of the genus's perithecia)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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