helicin

== English == === Etymology === From translingual helix +‎ -in or helic- +‎ -in. === Noun === helicin (uncountable) (organic chemistry) A glucoside obtained by partial oxidation of salicin from willows of species Salix purpurea (syn. Salix helix). It is a O-glucoside of salicylaldehyde === References === “helicin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.