salicin
(ˈsælɪsɪn)
Also -ine.
[ad. F. salicine (Leroux), f. L. salic-, salix willow: see -in1.]
A bitter crystalline principle obtained from willow-bark, much used medicinally.
| 1830 Philos. Mag. VIII. 304 Salicine, burnt with oxide of copper in a proper apparatus, yielded a gas entirely absorbable by potash. 1840 Ibid. XVI. 210 Salicin is now..employed in medicine as a substitute for quinine. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 230 The power of salicin and salicylic acid in counteracting the rheumatic poison. |
| attrib. 1887 Athenæum 26 Mar. 421/1 Salicine crystals. |