See Also: Gossypol(medicine)
gossypol(dictionary)
shelving(1)(dictionary)
shelving(2)(dictionary)
shelving(dictionary)

shelving(1) (iou) and gossypol (iou)


shelving(1) (iou)



shelving noun1. L16.
[from SHELVE verb1 + -ING1.]
The action of SHELVE verb1 2. Scot. & dial. L16.
The fact or condition of sloping; the degree of sloping; a sloping surface. L17.

gossypol (iou)



gossypol noun. L19.
[from mod. Latin Gossypium genus name of the cotton-plant, from Latin gossypinum, -pion cotton-plant (ult. origin unkn.): see -OL.]
Chemistry. A toxic crystalline phenolic compound, C30H30O8, present in cottonseed oil.