Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as polygaline.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med. Chem.) A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala senega (Seneca root), probably identical with polygalic acid.

Etymologies

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senega +‎ -in

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