brassinosteroid

English

Etymology

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

Noun

brassinosteroid (plural brassinosteroids)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of steroidal plant hormones produced by members of the genus Brassica; the brassins
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