willow bark

collocation in English

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willow
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪl.əʊ/us
/ˈwɪl.oʊ/
a tree that grows near water and has long, thin branches that hang down, or wood from ...
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bark
noun
uk
/bɑːk/us
/bɑːrk/
the hard outer covering of ...
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(Definition ofwillowandbarkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I would remind him that many of those crude applications of natural entities have been refined and are in use today, including aspirin, which has its origins inwillowbark.
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We weather proofed rawhide by wrapping it inwillowbark.
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Strychnine, alcohol, apomorphine,willowbark, ammonia, and atropine were claimed to have been identified in the injections.
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Next, willow ribs are fastened to the gunwales, usingwillowbarktwine.
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He carried out research into the effect of salicin, an extract fromwillowbarkand a known anti-rheumatic treatment.
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Both tannin and salicin can be extracted from goatwillowbark.
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Nor was there a mill, and leather was tanned withwillowbarkand dressed with sea shells due to the lack of lime.
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They most commonly used hemp dogbane, tule, sagebrush, orwillowbark.
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Willowbarkextract became recognized for its specific effects on fever, pain and inflammation in the mid-eighteenth century.
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A similar more simple type of stabule without finger holes can be made fromwillowbark.
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He collected, dried, and powdered a substantial amount ofwillowbark, and over the next five years tested it on a number of people sick with fever and agues.
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