Vocabulary : Saliaunce to Salicylide

Saliaunce : Salience; onslaught.
Salic : Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.
Salicaceous : Belonging or relating to the willow.
Salices : of Salix
Salicin : A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.

Salicyl : The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
Salicylal : A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous, / spiroylous, acid.
Salicylate : A salt of salicylic acid.
Salicylic : Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.
Salicylide : A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.

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