GIBBERELLIC ACID


Meaning of GIBBERELLIC ACID in English

/jib"euh rel"ik, jib'-/

a gibberellin C 18 H 21 O 4 COOH, produced as a metabolite by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, used as a stimulator of plant growth.

[ 1950-55; Gibberell ( a ) (L gibber hump + -ella -ELLA) + -IC ]

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