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brassinosteroid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brassi-nos-teroid
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of steroidal plant hormones produced by members of the genus Brassica; the brassins

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

brassinosteroids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

brassinolide

Questions

What does brassinosteroid mean?
Any of a family of steroidal plant hormones produced by members of the genus Brassica; the brassins
Where does brassinosteroid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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