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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PARILLIN
Pa
*ril "
lin,
n.
Etym:
[
Shortened
fr.
sarsaparillin.
] (
Chem.
)
Defn: 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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