a toxic, phenolic pigment, CHO, in cotton plants: it inhibits sperm production and is used experimentally as a male contraceptive
Origin of gossypol
German from Modern Latin Gossypium, genus name of cotton + -ol, -olgossypol
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gossypol
noun
A toxic yellow pigment, C30H30O8, obtained from cottonseed oil and detoxified by heating, that has been experimentally shown to inhibit sperm production.
Origin of gossypol
New Latin Gossypium genus name ( from Latin gossypion cotton plant ) -ol 1THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural gossypols)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant
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