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saponins

saponins is the plural 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

Questions about saponins

What is saponins the plural of?
Saponins is the plural of saponin.

Words near saponins in the dictionary

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

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