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Polygalic
Po-lyg′a-lic
,Adj.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.
Definition 2024
polygalic
polygalic
English
Adjective
polygalic (comparative more polygalic, superlative most polygalic)
- (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.
References
- polygalic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913