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ancymidol

ancymidol noun: the plant growth regulator α-cyclopropyl-α-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol.

Noun

ancymidol (uncountable)

  1. The plant growth regulator α-cyclopropyl-α-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol
    • Wild-type plants treated with ancymidol, an inhibitor of GA biosynthesis, will tuberize in LD, which is very similar to the formation of tubers on the antisense PHYB plants.2015 August 17, Mei Yang et al., “Transcriptomic Analysis of the Regulation of Rhizome Formation in Temperate and Tropical Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)”, in Scientific Reports, volume 5, →DOI

Questions about ancymidol

What does ancymidol mean?
Ancymidol means the plant growth regulator α-cyclopropyl-α-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol.
What part of speech is ancymidol?
Ancymidol is a noun.

Words near ancymidol in the dictionary

  1. ancylostomes
  2. ancylostomiases
  3. ancylostomiasis
  4. ancylostomid
  5. ancylostomids
  6. ancymidol
  7. Ancyra
  8. ancyrocephalid
  9. ancyrocephalids
  10. ancyroid
  11. Ancón

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