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vernalin

vernalin noun: a hypothetical plant hormone thought to be responsible for vernalization.

Noun

vernalin (uncountable)

  1. A hypothetical plant hormone thought to be responsible for vernalization.

Origin of vernalin

From vernal + -in, coined by the German botanist G. Melchers in 1939.

Questions about vernalin

What does vernalin mean?
Vernalin means a hypothetical plant hormone thought to be responsible for vernalization.
What part of speech is vernalin?
Vernalin is a noun.

Words near vernalin in the dictionary

  1. vernal points
  2. vernal pool
  3. vernal pools
  4. vernalgrass
  5. vernalgrasses
  6. vernalin
  7. vernalisation
  8. vernalisations
  9. vernalise
  10. vernalised
  11. vernalises

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