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timosaponin

timosaponin noun: any of a group of steroid glycosides, present in the rhizome of Anemarrhena, that has anticancer properties.

Noun

timosaponin (plural timosaponins)

  1. Any of a group of steroid glycosides, present in the rhizome of Anemarrhena, that has anticancer properties

Forms of timosaponin

pluraltimosaponins

Words formed from timosaponin

  • prototimosaponin
  • pseudoprototimosaponin

Questions about timosaponin

What does timosaponin mean?
Timosaponin means any of a group of steroid glycosides, present in the rhizome of Anemarrhena, that has anticancer properties.
What part of speech is timosaponin?
Timosaponin is a noun.
What is the plural of timosaponin?
The plural of timosaponin is timosaponins.

Words near timosaponin in the dictionary

  1. timorous schizotypal
  2. timorously
  3. timorousness
  4. timorousnesses
  5. timorsome
  6. timosaponin
  7. timosaponins
  8. Timoshenko
  9. Timote
  10. Timotean
  11. Timoteo

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