ABSCISIC ACID


Meaning of ABSCISIC ACID in English

/ab sis"ik, -siz"-/ , Biochem.

a growth-regulating plant hormone, C 15 H 20 O 4 , that promotes dormancy and the aging and abscission of leaves.

[ ABSCIS(SION) + -IC, on the model of the earlier name abscisin (see -IN 2 ), coined in 1961 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .