helicin
See also: hélicin
English
Etymology
helix + -in
Noun
helicin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A glucoside obtained by partial oxidation of salicin from a willow, Salix helix, probably Salix purpurea.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for helicin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)