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noun 
  1. (context, steroid, botany) 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- "plant" + sterol.

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