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Webster 1913 Edition

Salicin

Sal′i-cin

,
Noun.
[L.
salix
,
-icis
, a willow: cf. F.
salicine
. See
Sallow
the tree.]
(Chem.)
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (
Salix
) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.

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