growth substance

British

noun

botany any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone

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It is a growth substance generated in the head which reaches the tissues through the skin.

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The use of growth substance powder did not significantly increase the "take".

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HALLIBURTON, W. D., AND DRUMMOND, J. C.: The nutrition value of margarines and butter substitutes with reference to their content of the fat soluble accessory growth substance.

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