saliretin

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A yellowish powder, (OH).C₆H₄,CH₂.OC₆H₄.CH₂(OH), formed by the action of dilute acids on saligenin. Other varieties of saliretin have had ascribed to them the formulas C₂₈H₂₆O₅ and C₅₆H₅₀O₉.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Chem.) A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.

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• noun organic chemistry A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.