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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ectocrine (environmental hormone, exocrine) A chemical substance, released by an organism into the environment during decomposition processes, which influences the activity of another organism.

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