ALL meanings of juvenile hormone
ju·ve·nile hor·mone
J j - noun juvenile hormone any of a class of insect and plant hormones acting to inhibit the molting of a juvenile insect into its adult form. 1
- noun juvenile hormone a hormone, secreted by insects from a pair of glands behind the brain, that promotes the growth of larval characteristics and inhibits metamorphosis 0
- noun juvenile hormone a hormone secreted by insects that regulates growth and metamorphosis and which must be absent for the emergence of an adult: used to inhibit insect growth, as for preventing insect reproduction 0
- noun juvenile hormone Any of a group of sesquiterpene hormones that regulate insect physiology by preventing molting of the exoskeleton and thus development of the larva. 0