Meaning of diosgenin | Babel Free
Definitions
A steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.
countable, uncountable
Examples
“Obtaining adequate quantities of hormonal substances for research was impossible, however, until the early 1940s, when Russell E. Marker (1902–95) found that he could extract diosgenin from a wild yam growing in Mexico […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.