English dictionary
parillin
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noun
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A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also <i>smilacin</i>, <i>sarsaparilla saponin</i>, and <i>sarsaparillin</i>.
Source: webster1913