Etymology

typhasterol

T1Y4P3H4A1S1T1E1R1O1L1

Today it means: A particular brassinosteroid Full definition →

translingual Typha
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The story

  1. translingual · derived fromTypha“genus of cattails”
  2. English todaytyphasterol

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

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