saponin

1. 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. Source: opted

2. n. any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers Source: wordnet

3. 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 amorphus powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anæstesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quilaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type. Source: webster

4. A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root ofsoapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It isextracted as a white amorphus powder, which occasions a soapy latherin solution, and produces a local anæstesia. Formerly called alsostruthiin, quilaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, anyone of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type. Source: adambom

5. n:100 n. any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers Source: ecdict

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