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typhasterol

typhasterol noun: a particular brassinosteroid.

Noun

typhasterol (uncountable)

  1. A particular brassinosteroid

Origin of typhasterol

From translingual Typha (“genus of cattails”) + sterol (“class of steroids containing a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring”).

Questions about typhasterol

What does typhasterol mean?
Typhasterol means a particular brassinosteroid.
What part of speech is typhasterol?
Typhasterol is a noun.

Words near typhasterol in the dictionary

  1. typewritten
  2. typewrote
  3. typey
  4. Typh
  5. typhaceous
  6. typhasterol
  7. typhic
  8. typhinia
  9. typhization
  10. typhl-
  11. typhla

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