Definitions for auxin
ˈɔk sɪnaux·in

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1. auxinnoun

   a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth

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1. auxinnoun

   a substance which, in small concentrations, promotes root formation, bud growth, or certain other processes such as fruit ripening or leaf drop in plants.

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1. auxinnoun

   A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.

2. Etymology: From αὐξάνειν.

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1. Auxin

   Auxins (plural of auxin ) are a class of plant hormones (or plant-growth regulators) with some morphogen-like characteristics. Auxins play a cardinal role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in plant life cycles and are essential for plant body development. The Dutch biologist Frits Warmolt Went first described auxins and their role in plant growth in the 1920s.Kenneth V. Thimann became the first to isolate one of these phytohormones and to determine its chemical structure as indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Went and Thimann co-authored a book on plant hormones, Phytohormones, in 1937.

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1. auxin

   Auxin is a type of plant hormone involved in regulating various aspects of plant growth and development, including cell elongation, phototropism (response to light), geotropism (response to gravity), and differentiation of vascular tissue. Auxins are also involved in the processes of root initiation, bud formation, and fruit development. They are primarily produced in the shoot tips and transported throughout the plant.

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1. Auxin

   Auxins are a class of plant hormones with some morphogen-like characteristics. Auxins have a cardinal role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant's life cycle and are essential for plant body development. Auxins and their role in plant growth were first described by the Dutch scientist Frits Went. Kenneth V. Thimann isolated this phytohormone and determined its chemical structure as indole-3-acetic acid. Went and Thimann then co-authored a book on plant hormones, Phytohormones, in 1937 Native auxins

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of auxin in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of auxin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of auxin in a Sentence

1. Marcelo Ortega:

   Auxin Solar is a big mess right now, this seems to be the worst moment for this to happen.

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