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Answer for the clue "Any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin ", 10 letters:
phytotoxin

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n. (context biochemistry English) Any toxic substance produced by a plant

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n. any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin [syn: plant toxin ]

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Phytotoxin is an umbrella term that refers to substances (known as phytotoxic substances ) that are inhibitory to the growth of or poisonous to plants. Phytotoxic substances may result from human activity, as with herbicides , or they may be produced by ...