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parillin
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parillin, n. [Shortened fr. sarsaparillin.].
A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin , sarsaparilla saponin , and sarsaparillin . [1913 Webster]
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