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Webster 1913 Edition

Parillin

Pa-ril′lin

,
Noun.
[Shortened fr.
sarsaparillin
.]
(Chem.)
A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; – called also
smilacin
,
sarsaparilla saponin
, and
sarsaparillin
.

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