Oxybenzoic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oxybenzoic \Ox`y*ben*zo"ic\, a. [Oxy
     (b) + benzoic.] (Chem.) Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or
         designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of
         benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.
         [1913 Webster]