spinasterol
noun
spi·na·sterol
¦spīnə+
plural -s
: any of several unsaturated isomeric phytosterols C29H47OH obtained especially from spinach leaves or the oil from alfalfa seeds and distinguished by Greek letters
α-spinasterol
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Spinacia (genus name of the spinach plant Spinacia oleracea) + English sterol
- sweet tussock
- sweet vernal grass
- sweet viburnum
- sweet violet
- sweet walnut
- sweet water
- sweet white violet
- sweet william
- sweet william catchfly
- sweet Wilson
- sweet woodruff
- sweet-and-sour
- sweet-corn wilt
- sweet-curd
- sweet-pickle
- sweet-potato beetle
- sweet-potato borer
- sweet-potato flea beetle
- sweet-potato hornworm
- sweet-potato scurf
- sweet-potato sphinx
- sweet-potato weevil
- sweet-potato worm
- sweet-roast
- sweet-scented