auxin
noun/ˈɔksɪn/
Frequency rank: #19,588 most common English word
Meaning
a plant hormone that promotes cell elongation and regulates growth direction
Example sentence
Plant researchers discovered that auxin controls the direction of stem growth toward light.
Synonyms & related words
- hormone
- phytohormone
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