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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Sal

icin +

-gen

(Chem.)

A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; – called also

hydroxy-benzyl alcohol

saligenin ‎(uncountable)

(organic chemistry) The phenolic alcohol o-hydroxy-benzyl alcohol obtained by the decomposition of salicin