diosgenin
[ dahy-oz-jen-in, dahy-oz-juh-nin ]
nounBiochemistry.
a crystalline compound, C27H42O3, the aglycone of dioscin: used in the synthesis of steroidal hormones, as of progesterone.
Origin of diosgenin
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