Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteroauxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-eroaux-in
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English auxin English heteroauxin From hetero- + auxin.

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What does heteroauxin mean?
A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants.
Where does heteroauxin come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English auxin English heteroauxin From hetero- + auxin.

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