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polygalic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Translingual Polygala Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English polygalic From Translingual Polygala + English -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from Polygala; specifically, designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid, senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with, saponin.