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sal·i·cin

(săl′ĭ-sĭn)

A bitter glucoside, C₁₃H₁₈O₇, obtained mainly from the bark of poplar and willow trees and formerly used as an analgesic.

[French salicine, from Latin salix, salic-, willow.]

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salicin

(ˈsælɪsɪn) or

salicine

(Elements & Compounds) 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]

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sal•i•cin

(ˈsæl ə sɪn)

n.

a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C₁₃H₁₈O₇, obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.

[1820–30; < French salicine < Latin salic- (s. of salix) willow + French -ine -ine²]

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Though willow tree bark was a medicine in ancient Egypt and Greece it was not until 1763 that salacin was identified - by the Rev Edward Stone of Oxford University.