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Salicylal
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous, / spiroylous, acid.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Salicylal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/salicylal.html. 1828.