stilbenoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various secondary products of heartwood formation in trees, hydroxylated derivatives of stilbene that are capable of acting as phytoalexins.

Word forms

stilbenoid stilbenoids

Etymology

From stilbene + -oid.

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