English Explanatory Dictionary

polygalic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or obtained from Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

polygalic

Etymology

From translingual Polygala + -ic.

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