helicin

noun

helicin

noun

Etymology From translingual helix + -in or helic- + -in.

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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences A glucoside obtained by partial oxidation of salicin from willows of species Salix purpurea (syn. Salix helix). It is a O-glucoside of salicylaldehyde

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