Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Derived from
Polygala .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called
polygalic acid ,senegin , etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with,saponin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Of, pertaining to, or obtained from
Polygala ; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (calledpolygalic acid ,senegin , etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with,saponin .
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Examples
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Anevenne is also said to have detected two: polygalic and Virgineic -- the first of which will unite with bases; the second volatile, oily, nauseant, and emetic in small, diaphoretic, expectorant, and diuretic in large doses.
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A principle called senegin has been discovered in it; and one by Reschier, called polygalic acid.
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