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Definition: salicylic aldehyde
Salicylal
\Sal"i*cyl`al\, n. [Salicylic + aldehide.] (Chem.)
A thin, fragrant, colorless oil,
HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the
flowers of meadow sweet (
Spir[ae]a), and also obtained by
oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure.
Called also
salicylol,
salicylic aldehyde, and formerly
salicylous acid or
spiroylous acid.
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