SALICIN
\sˈalɪsˌɪn], \sˈalɪsˌɪn], \s_ˈa_l_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_n]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A glucosid, C6H4 (CH2OH)OC6H11O5, found in the bark and leaves of different species of willows and poplars, especially Salix helix, Salix perirtandra, and Populus tremula. It was introduced as a substitute for salicylic acid, but is little used. [U. S. Ph.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).