sarsaparilla saponin

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sarsaparilla saponin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Parillin \Pa*ril"lin\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]