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English → English (gcide) Definition: salicyl alcohol glucoside Salicin \Sal"i*cin\, n. [L. salix, -icis, a willow: cf. F. salicine. See Sallow the tree.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. also called salicyl alcohol glucoside , salicyl alcohol [beta]-D-glucopyranoside, or saligenin [beta]-D-glucopyranoside, C13H18O7. It is used in biochemistry as a standard substrate for evaluating the potency of [beta]-glucosidase in enzymatic preparations. It is also an analgesic. [1913 Webster]