Sa*lig"e*nin (?), n. [Salicin + -gen.] Chem.
A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.
<-- ortho-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, saligenol, salicyl alcohol. HOCH2.C6H4.OH -->
© Webster 1913.