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kinetin

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[kahy-ni-tin] / ˈkaɪ nɪ tɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants.

Etymology

Origin of kinetin

First recorded in 1955; kinet(o)- + -in ²

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