indolebutyric acid

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   a synthetic plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots

   Broaderauxin

Questions about indolebutyric acid

What does indolebutyric acid mean?

indolebutyric acid means "a synthetic plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots".

Is indolebutyric acid a common word?

indolebutyric acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.