n :  a bitter white crystalline glucoside C₁₃H₁₈O₇ found in the bark and leaves of several willows and poplars, yielding saligenin and glucose on hydrolysis, and formerly used in medicine as an antipyretic, antirheumatic, and tonic .
 
 
 
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