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phytosterol

The English word “phytosterol” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any of a group of steroid alcohols, phytochemicals naturally occurring in plants. They are white powders with mild, characteristic odor, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols.

Etymology

From phyto- + sterol.

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