'Smilacin' definitions:
Definition of 'Smilacin'
From: GCIDE
- Smilacin \Smil"a*cin\, n. [Cf. F. similacine. See Smilax.] (Chem.) See Parrilin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'smilacin'
From: GCIDE
- Parillin \Pa*ril"lin\, n. [Shortened fr. sarsaparillin.] (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster]