| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| allelopathy |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·le·lop·a·thy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -l -l p -th,  l - |
| NOUN: | The inhibition of growth in one species of plants by chemicals produced by another species. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek alll n, reciprocally (from allos, another; see al-1 in Appendix I) + –pathy. | | OTHER FORMS: | al·lelo·pathic (-ll-pth k, -l l-) —ADJECTIVE
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