auxin
pronunciation
How to pronounce auxin in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:ksɪn]
How to pronounce auxin in American English:
US [ˈɔksɪn]
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- Noun:
- a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth
Word Origin
- auxin (n.)
- plant growth hormone, 1934, from German (1931), from Greek auxein "to increase" (see augment) + chemical suffix -in (2).
Example
- 1. You must be auxin , cause you are causing me to have rapid stem elongation .
- 2. Effect of boron deficiency on auxin metabolism in cucumber .
- 3. High auxin concentration stimulates growth in shoot .
- 4. Cloning and analysis of auxin receptor gene from momordica charantia .
- 5. Phytohormones such as auxin , gibberellin could promote root system growth .