sarsaparillin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the roots of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc. and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.

Word forms

sarsaparillin

Etymology

From sarsaparilla + -in.

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