populin
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin populus (“poplar”) + -in. Compare French populine.
Noun
editpopulin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus).
References
edit- “populin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.