English Explanatory Dictionary

phytochrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of pigments that control most photomorphogenic responses in higher plants

Word forms

phytochrome phytochromes

Etymology

From phyto- + -chrome.

Derived words

apophytochrome bacteriophytochrome holophytochrome
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