SAPONIN
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Definitions for saponin
Saponin
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.
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SAPONIN is valid in Scrabble and most word games!
Scrabble Point Values
Total possible words using these letters:
2 Letter Words
- AI - 2 points
- AN - 2 points
- AS - 2 points
- IN - 2 points
- IS - 2 points
- ...and 10 more
3 Letter Words
- AIN - 3 points
- AIS - 3 points
- ANI - 3 points
- APO - 5 points
- ASP - 5 points
- ...and 22 more
4 Letter Words
- AINS - 4 points
- ANIS - 4 points
- ANON - 4 points
- APOS - 6 points
- INNS - 4 points
- ...and 24 more
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