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Webster 1913 Edition

Spiroylous

{

Spi-royl′ic

,

Spi-royl′ous

, }

Adj.

[NL.

Spir[GREEK]

meadowsweet (a source of salicylal) +

-yl

+

-ic

,

-ous

.]

(Chem.)

Pertaining to, or designating, a substance now called salicylal.

[Obs.]