Crossword-Solution: SALICIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Salicin | n. | A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. |
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| Anti-inflammatory compound found in willow bark | 1 answer |
| Base of an ingredient in aspirin. | 1 answer |
| Medicinal willow extract. | 1 answer |
| colourless or white crystalline water-soluble glucoside | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with SALICIN (5)
But even that is better than doing nothing while I wait, and some one has to keep the doctors supplied with salicin and tannin, so, if I do, other folks needn't bother.” He arose and poured more sap into the kettles as it boiled away and replenished the fire.
Indeed, willow bark has been partly considered succedaneous to cinchonia, but since they had no means of extracting the salicin, the bark must be used in its natural state.
Spiroylic acid is also formed by the oxidation of spiroyligenic acid, and when saligenin, salicin, courmacin, or indigo, is heated with caustic potash.
The White or Aspen Poplar is a common tree, and contains active principles termed Populin and Salicin, both of which are tonic.
Etym: [Salicin + -yl.] (Chem.) Defn: The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
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Appears in: NYT, WP.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1948–2011).