Gossypol Definition

gŏsə-pôl, -pōl, -pŏl
noun
A toxic, phenolic pigment, C30H30O8, in cotton plants: it inhibits sperm production and is used experimentally as a male contraceptive.
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant.

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Other Word Forms of Gossypol

Noun

Singular:
gossypol
Plural:
gossypols

Origin of Gossypol

  • New Latin Gossypium genus name (from Latin gossypion cotton plant) –ol

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Gossypium, cotton

    From Wiktionary

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GGOGOS

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LOLPOL

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