English Explanatory Dictionary

strigolactone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of terpenoid lactones that stimulate germination in parasitic plants of the genus Striga, and that inhibit shoot branching.

Word forms

strigolactone strigolactones

Etymology

From Striga + lactone.

Related words

strigol
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