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Noun: salicin  sa-li-sin
  1. An anti-inflammatory agent that is produced from willow bark.
    "Salicin is an alcoholic β-glucoside."
     
  2. A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance

Derived forms: salicins

Type of: phenolic glycoside

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