Etymology

populin

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Today it means: A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus). Full definition →

Latin populus
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  1. Latin · derived frompopulus“poplar”
  2. English todaypopulin

From Latin populus (“poplar”) + -in. Compare French populine.

Words from the same roots

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