/es"kyeuh lin/ , n. Chem.
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
Also, aesculin .
[ esculina Aescul ( us ) (first part of genus name of species that produces it) + It -ina -IN 2 ]