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saponin

Saponin is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter N for which we found 1 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria) in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia) etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder which occasions a soapy lather in solution and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin quillaiin senegin polygalic acid etc. By extension any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.
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