KAIROMONE


Meaning of KAIROMONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkī-rə-ˌmōn, -rō- ]

noun

Etymology: Greek kairos critical time, opportunity + English -mone (as in pheromone )

Date: 1970

: a chemical substance emitted by one species and especially an insect or plant that has an adaptive benefit (as a stimulus for oviposition) to another species

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.