"Saponin" is a word in ENGLISH
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root
of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It
is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy
lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called
also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the
type.
A place with no handholds,no landmarks,no past at all:That would have been too much like dying
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ál-al - To get loose, to peel or scale off, as a piece of bark, skin, flesh, etc. Nagál-al na …
Read the complete definitionA tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; …
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Read the complete definitionA tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
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Read the complete definitionpamínghal - Freq. of bínghal—to bark, etc. pamíngkal, Freq. of bíngkal—to force open, break in (off).
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