PHYTOALEXIN


Meaning of PHYTOALEXIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfi-tō-ə-ˈlek-sən ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phyt- + alexin substance combating infection, from Greek alexein to ward off, protect; akin to Sanskrit rakṣati he protects

Date: 1949

: any of various antimicrobial chemical substances produced by plants to combat infection by a pathogen (as a fungus)

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