Meaning Of The Word Cytokinin

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Cytokinin Meaning

Cytokinin Definition
Cytokinin Definition

What's The Definition Of Cytokinin?

cytokinin in American English
any of a group of organic compounds which behave like hormones in plants, promoting cell division and cell differentiation into roots and shoots, inhibiting aging, etc.
noun: any of a class of plant hormones, produced by the roots and traveling upward through the xylem, that promote tissue growth and budding and, on application, retard plant senescence

cytokinin in British English
noun: any of a group of plant hormones that promote cell division and retard ageing in plants

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