Săl’i-cīne, n.

n. [Fr. salicine, N. Lat. salicinum, from Lat. salix, salicis, a willow.] (Chem.) A substance obtained in fine scales, of a silky luster, from the bark of certain species of willow, as the Salix helix, S. amygdalina, &c. It is of a pure, bitter taste, and highly febrifuge in quality. Gregory.