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The hormone that is used to keep flowers fresh is ......

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Auxin
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Gibberellic acid
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Cytokinin
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Ethylene
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Solution

The correct option is C Cytokinin
Cytokinins are compounds with a structure resembling adenine which promote cell division and have other similar functions to kinetin. Kinetin was the first cytokinin discovered and so named because of the compounds ability to promote cytokinesis (cell division).

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