The story
- translingual · derived fromSalix“the willow”
- English todaysalicylic acid
From translingual Salix (“the willow”), from whose bark it can be obtained.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
salicylic acid
Today it means: A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C₆>H₄(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals. Full definition →
translingual Salix