Polygalic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polygalic \Po*lyg"a*lic\, a. (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, Polygala; specifically,
     designating an acrid glucoside (called polygalic acid,
     senegin, etc.), resembling, or possibly identical with,
     saponin.
     [1913 Webster]