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Galician Galician Ga*li"cian, a. [Cf. Sp. Galiciano, Gallego, fr. L.
Gallaecus, Gallaicus, fr. Gallaeci a people in Western
Spain.]
Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the
kingdom of Austrian Poland. -- n. A native of Galicia in
Spain; -- called also Gallegan.
Galictis vittata Grison Gri"son, n. [F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris
gray. See Gris.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A South American animal of the family Mustelidae
(Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long,
exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also
called South American glutton.
(b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to
be gluttonous.
Polygalic 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.
polygalic acid Saponin Sap"o*nin, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous
powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and
produces a local an[ae]sthesia. Formerly called also
struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc.
By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which
saponin proper is the type.
