Spiroylic

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

  Spiroylic \Spi*royl"ic\, Spiroylous \Spi*royl"ous\, a. [NL.
     Spir? meadowsweet (a source of salicylal) + -yl + -ic, -ous.]
     (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, a substance now called
     salicylal. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]