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Salicales
- noun - coextensive with the family Salicaceae
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 acid or spiroylous 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.
Saliences
- noun - the state of being salient
Salientia
- noun - frogs, toads, tree toads
Saligenin
- - A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.
Salimeter
- - An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in any given solution.
Salimetry
- - The art or process of measuring the amount of salt in a substance.