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saponine

saponine is the alternative form of saponin.

Meaning of saponin

Noun

saponin (plural saponins)

  1. Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth.
    • “Saponins aren't absorbed by the intestines. You've got to get the stuff into the blood.”1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 111

Forms of saponine

pluralsaponines

Questions about saponine

What is saponine the alternative form of?
Saponine is the alternative form of saponin.

Words near saponine in the dictionary

  1. saponifiers
  2. saponifies
  3. saponify
  4. saponifying
  5. saponin
  6. saponine
  7. saponines
  8. saponins
  9. saponite
  10. saponites
  11. saponitic

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