juvenile hormone

noun Biochemistry.

any of a class of insect and plant hormones acting to inhibit the molting of a juvenile insect into its adult form.

Origin of juvenile hormone

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby juvenile hormone

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British Dictionary definitions for juvenile hormone

juvenile hormone

noun

a hormone, secreted by insects from a pair of glands behind the brain, that promotes the growth of larval characteristics and inhibits metamorphosis