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saponin

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun saponin has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

saponinn. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.].
     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 anæsthesia. 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

saponin, n. any of a group of plant glycosides, esp. those derived from the bark of the tree Quillaja saponaria, that foam when shaken with water and are used in detergents and fire extinguishers.

Etymology
F saponine f. L sapo -onis soap
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