| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary salicyl- + aldehyde
: an oily liquid phenolic aldehyde HOC 6 H 4 CHO that has a bitter almond odor, that is found especially in oils from spirea plants but that is usually made by reaction of phenol, sodium hydroxide, and chloroform, and that is used chiefly in perfumery and in making coumarin; ortho -hydroxy-benzaldehyde