juvenomimetic
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- (biology) Preventing metamorphosis in insects by imitating the effects of juvenile hormones.
- 1975 October 15, V. K. K. Prabhu, M. John, “Juvenomimetic activity in some plants”, in Experientia, volume 31, , page 913:
- 16 plants were collected locally, of which 12 showed presence of juvenomimetic activity in the extract by the method employed for the study, whereas the remaining 4 did not give any positive indication of this activity in their extracts.