gibberellic

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Etymology

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Particularly: “What is the derivation of Gibberella? Is it from gibber?”

From Gibberella + -ic.

Adjective

gibberellic (not comparable)

Describing gibberellic acid and its derivatives.
- 2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science‎^[1], volume 6, →DOI:
  SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.