Etymology

epibrassinolide

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Today it means: A brassinosteroid isolated from Aegle marmelos Full definition →

Latin brassica
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  1. Latin · derived frombrassica
  2. English todayepibrassinolide

From epi- + brassinolide. By surface analysis, epi- + brassin + -ol + -ide, from Latin brassica.

Words from the same roots

Latinbrassica all →

brassicabrassinazolebrassininbrassinolidebrassinosteroid

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