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saponaceous

/sap-uh-ney-shuhs/US // ˌsæp əˈneɪ ʃəs //UK // (ˌsæpəʊˈneɪʃəs) //

皂质的,皂质,皂素类,皂素质

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling soap; soapy.

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Examples

  • Some of them, more imaginative, declared that Mrs. Charmington was even a sleeping partner in the saponaceous firm.

  • When dry it did not fear water; though a saponaceous medium, it was not again soluble in water.

  • The cloth is padded again with the saponaceous liquor; and again spread on the grass, or dried hard in the stove.

  • He gave it in six-drachm doses; and says that he employed also in similar cases saponaceous medicines, and rhubarb.

  • Color the grease very strongly with alkanet root, then proceed as for the manufacture of saponaceous cream.