Etymology

brassinosteroid

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Today it means: Any of a family of steroidal plant hormones produced by members of the genus Brassica; the brassins Full definition →

Latin brassica
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombrassica
  2. English todaybrassinosteroid

By surface analysis, brassine + -o- + steroid, from Latin brassica.

Words from the same roots

Latinbrassica all →

brassicabrassinazolebrassininbrassinolideepibrassinolide

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