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noun
Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: glucoside
History
From sapon- + -in.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
