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QUILLAIA

\kwˈɪle͡ɪə], \kwˈɪle‍ɪə], \k_w_ˈɪ_l_eɪ_ə]\

Definitions of QUILLAIA

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Soap bark; a sternutatory.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Written also Quillaja and Quillaya.
A genus of rosaceous trees, with a saponaceous bark.
Of the U. S. Ph., soap bark; the bark of Q. saponaria. It is inodorous, very acrid, and sternutatory. Its active principle is saponin.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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