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Salicylic acid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C₆>H₄(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals. uncountable
  2. 2
    a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes wordnet

Etymology

From translingual Salix (“the willow”), from whose bark it can be obtained.

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