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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as parillin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See parillin.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

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sarsaparilla +‎ -in

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