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Avena test

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Definition of Avena test

: a test of the growth-promoting or sometimes inhibiting value of a substance as judged by the reaction of a growing oat (genus Avena) coleoptile to which the substance is applied — see auxin

History and Etymology for Avena test

New Latin Avena

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