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
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
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.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, WP.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1948–2011).