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Definition: senegin
Saponin
\Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
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 an[ae]sthesia. 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]
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