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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A sterol, C29H48O, obtained from certain plants such as soybeans and Calabar beans.

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  • noun organic chemistry A phytosterol that occurs in soybeans and similar plants

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin (Phȳso)stigma, Calabar bean genus; see physostigmine + sterol.]

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+ sterol

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