salicin
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ə noun Pharmacology.
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 1 3 H 1 8 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
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| —n | |
| a colourless or white crystalline water-soluble glucoside obtained from the bark of poplar trees and used as a medical analgesic. Formula: C13H18O7 | |
| [C19: from French salicine, from Latin salix willow] | |
| salicine or salicine | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from French salicine, from Latin salix willow] | |
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Salicin
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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The bark of white willow contains salicin, which is a chemical similar to aspirin.
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