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‖ quillaia|kwɪˈleɪjə|
Also quillaja.
[mod.L., f. prec.]
a. A genus of S. American rosaceous trees, the bark of which possesses soap-like properties.
b. The quillai-tree (see prec.) or its bark (also quillaia-bark).
1848in Craig. 1866Treas. Bot. 952/2 Quillaja differs..in the ten stamens being in two instead of one row. 1886Pall Mall G. 13 Sept. 10/2 Ginger-beer..the head or foam is produced either by white of egg or by quillaia bark.
Hence quillaic |kwɪˈleɪɪk| a. in quillaic acid, an acid of quillaia-bark; quiˈllain, an extract of quillaia-bark (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1897).
1891W. Martindale Extra Pharmacop. (ed. 6) 386 The bark..contains quillaic acid and sapotoxin. |