hederagenin

== English == === Etymology === From Hedera, the genus of ivy; originally named hederic acid by the German professor L. Posselt, who was the first to extract the substance from ivy seeds and published his findings in 1849. === Noun === hederagenin (uncountable) (organic chemistry) A triterpenoid originally extracted from Hedera helix, the common ivy. ==== Translations ====