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gibberellic acid


Definition of gibberellic acid

noun

[mass noun]
  • a gibberellin which is used commercially, notably in germinating barley for malt.

Origin:

1950s: gibberellic from modern Latin Gibberella (see gibberellin) + -ic

gibberellic acid in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of gibberellic acid in the US English dictionary