phytotropin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

phytotropin phytotropins

Etymology

From phyto- + -trope + -in.

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