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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 

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