Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
polygaline .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med. Chem.) A substance extracted from the rootstock of the
Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A substance extracted from the
rootstock of the Polygala senega (Seneca root), probably identical withpolygalic acid .
Etymologies
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senega + -in
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Examples
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A principle called senegin has been discovered in it; and one by Reschier, called polygalic acid.
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