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auxins

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n. (plural of auxin English)

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Hormone \Hor"mone\ (h[^o]r"m[=o]n), n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to excite.] (Physiological Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing ...

Usage examples of auxins.

In the same way, auxins will concentrate on the lower side of a stem held horizontally, curving the tip upward.

Geotropism seems also to be mediated by auxins, but how the distribution of auxins can be affected by gravity is not yet understood.

The best-known of these auxins is a compound called indolyl-^-acetic acid, commonly abbreviated 7AA.

Many of the movements of plants are governed by the distribution of these auxins.

One of the most powerful of the auxins was discovered through studies of a plant disease.