Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually negative effect on the growth or development of an organism of one species, caused by a chemical released by an organism of another species. Usually used of plants.
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- noun The
release by a plant of atoxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Phragmites employs a strategy known as allelopathy, in which plants release toxic chemicals into the soil to deter other plants from growing close to them.
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Aside from any Newtonian peril, walnut trees entertain the natural world with a biochemical process known as allelopathy, a method of Darwinian survival.
eric peters 2009
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The particular compound is juglone, one of many plant-produced chemicals that can harm other plants in a process known as allelopathy (al-lelo-pathy).
RNews - TOP STORIES 2009
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The particular compound is juglone, one of many plant-produced chemicals that can harm other plants in a process known as allelopathy (al-lelo-pathy).
RNews - TOP STORIES 2009
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The particular compound is juglone, one of many plant-produced chemicals that can harm other plants in a process known as allelopathy (al-lelo-pathy).
RNews - TOP STORIES 2009
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The particular compound is juglone, one of many plant-produced chemicals that can harm other plants in a process known as allelopathy (al-lelo-pathy).
RNews - TOP STORIES 2008
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The particular compound is juglone, one of many plant-produced chemicals that can harm other plants in a process known as allelopathy (al-lelo-pathy).
RNews - TOP STORIES 2008
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The particular compound is juglone, one of many plant-produced chemicals that can harm other plants in a process known as allelopathy (al-lelo-pathy).
RNews - TOP STORIES 2008
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Herbicides are human "allelopathy" of weeds, and humans are part of nature too.
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Inhibition of growth, and effects on nutrient uptake on Arctic graminoids by leaf extracts – allelopathy or resource competition between plants and microbes?
mercy commented on the word allelopathy
the beneficial or harmful effects of one plant on another plant
July 31, 2009