Saponin

//ˈsæpənɪn//

Synonyms for "saponin"

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Translations

12 translations across 12 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • saponina noun (steroid glycoside)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 皂苷 noun (steroid glycoside)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • saponino noun (steroid glycoside)

Finnish

1 entries
  • saponiini noun (steroid glycoside)

French

1 entries
  • saponine noun (steroid glycoside)

Ido

1 entries
  • saponino noun (steroid glycoside)

Italian

1 entries
  • saponina noun (steroid glycoside)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сапонин noun (steroid glycoside)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • saponina noun (steroid glycoside)

Russian

1 entries
  • сапони́н noun (steroid glycoside)

Spanish

1 entries
  • saponina noun (steroid glycoside)

Turkish

1 entries
  • saponin noun (steroid glycoside)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

“Saponins aren't absorbed by the intestines. You've got to get the stuff into the blood.”

Source: wiktionary

Soapnuts are the dried fruit of a tree called Sapindus mukorossi (Chinese Soapberry) and contain saponin, a natural surfactant that foams just like soap.

Source: wiktionary

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