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dioscin

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di⋅os⋅cin

[dahy-os-in]
–noun Biochemistry.
a saponin, found in Mexican yams, that on hydrolysis produces diosgenin, glucose, and rhamnose.

Origin:
< NL Diosc(orea) (see diosgenin ) + -in 2
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