chinoline

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chinoline - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quinoline \Quin"o*line\, n. [Quinine + L. oleum oil + -ine.]
     (Chem.)
     A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless
     liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar,
     etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of
     certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by
     extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which
     quinoline proper is the type. [Written also chinoline.]
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  Chinoline \Chin"o*line\, n. [NL. chinium quinine (see
     Chinoldine) + L. oleum oil + -ine.] (Chem.)
     See Quinoline.
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