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the tree that drinks the salicin we stole and turned into aspirin
means A tree or shrub of the genus Salix, known for its slender, drooping branches, narrow leaves, and love of riverbanks and wet ground.
from From Old English 'welig,' a name for the tree, with cousins across the old Germanic tongues. Some link the deeper root to ideas of twisting or pliancy — fitting for a wood so famously bendy that 'willowy' came to mean slender and supple. The genus name 'Salix' is the Latin word for the tree, and it's from that Latin branch we get 'salicin,' the bark compound that eventually led to aspirin.
- painkiller origin
- its bark gave us aspirin's salicylic acid
- clone army
- a snapped twig roots into a whole new tree
- water hunter
- roots invade pipes seeking moisture aggressively
- basket bones
- flexible withies woven for millennia worldwide
- cricket gear
- bats are carved from willow wood
weeping willow — salix alba 'tristis', a tree species native to china with drooping branches, widely planted since the 1700s
willow smith — american singer and actress, daughter of will smith, released 'whip my hair' in 2010