Category:Parillin

Pa*ril"lin, n. Etym: [shortened fr. sarsaparillin.] (chem.)

Defn: a glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of Sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white Crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, And sarsaparillin.