(botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
vegetation that has grown
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
the gradual beginning or coming forth
something grown or growing
