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Word: Gibberellin
Speech Type: Noun
1930s: from modern Latin Gibberella (from Gibberella fujikuroi, the fungus from which one of the gibberellins was first extracted), diminutive of the genus name Gibbera, from Latin gibber ‘hump’, + -in
ˌdʒɪbəˈrɛlɪn
any of a group of plant hormones that stimulate stem elongation, germination, and flowering.
Short Definition:any of group of plant hormones that stimulate stem elongation and flowering
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