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Indeed, and the term does indeed come from willows - the active ingredient in willow bark is salicylic acid and was named for salix, the latin word for willow.  (acetylsalicylic acid is asprin)
by njh on Thu Feb 2nd, 2012 at 12:58:49 PM EST
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