As nouns the difference between ethylene and gibberellin
is that ethylene is the common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4 while gibberellin is any of a class of diterpene plant growth hormones first isolated from the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi.
ethylene
English
Noun
(organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.
(organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.
Synonyms
* IUPAC name: ethene
Derived terms
* ethylene glycol
* ethylene oxide
* ethylene-vinyl acetate
* polyethylene
* polyethylene terephthalate (ester)
gibberellin
Noun
(
en noun)
(hormone) Any of a class of diterpene plant growth hormones first isolated from the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi .