Saponin is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SAPONIN in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a soapy substance obtained from plants, also SAPONINE
• a toxic compound which is present in soapwort and makes foam when shaken with water.
• any of the class of steroid and terpenoid glycosides which foam when shaken with water, examples of which are used in detergents and foam fire extinguishers.
• any of a group of plant glycosides
• 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.
• any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers

Words related to SAPONIN

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Words that contain SAPONIN

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How to use SAPONIN in a sentence

• It may be suggested as a line of research to study what are the conditions which control the synthesis and gradual formation of saponin in plants.
• Saponin is found in both of these plants, as well as in many other plants of the leguminosae.
• The leguminosae come under the middle plane or multiplicity of floral elements, and the presence of saponin in these plants was to be expected.

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