单词 | salicin |
释义 | salicin/ˈsalɪsɪn /noun [mass noun] Chemistry A bitter compound present in willow bark. It is a glucoside related to aspirin, and accounts for the ancient use of willow bark as a pain-relieving drug.The willow bark contained salicin, the pharmacological ancestor of a family of drugs called salicylates, of which aspirin is probably the most famous....
OriginMid 19th century: from French salicine, from Latin salix, salic- 'willow'. |
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