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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Populin \Pop"u*lin\, n. [L. populus poplar: cf F. populine.]
(Chem.)
A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain
species of the poplar ({Populus}), and extracted as a sweet
white crystalline substance.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Populus
n : a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in
the northern hemisphere; poplars [syn: {Populus}, {genus
Populus}]
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