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salicin
sal·i·cin [ sállissin ]


noun 
Definition:
 
medicine from tree bark: a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bark of willow trees. Use: formerly, as an analgesic.
[Mid-19th century. < French salicine< Latin salic- "willow"]
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