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salicin
CIDE DICTIONARY
salicin, n. [L. salix, -icis, a willow: cf. F. salicine. See Sallow the tree.].
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix ) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
salicin, n. (also salicine) a bitter crystalline glucoside with analgesic properties, obtained from poplar and willow bark.
Etymology
F salicine f. L salix -icis willow
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