polygalic
English
Etymology
Polygala + -ic
Adjective
polygalic (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.
References
- polygalic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.