polygalic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
polygalic (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.
References[edit]
- “polygalic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.