saline
(adjective) containing salt; “a saline substance ”; “salty tears”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
saline (comparative more saline, superlative most saline)
Containing salt; salty.
Resembling salt.
saline (countable and uncountable, plural salines)
Water containing dissolved salt.
A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
• (water containing dissolved salt): saline solution
• A-lines, Selina, aliens, alines, laines, lianes, lisena, silane, slaine
Source: Wiktionary
Sa"line ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt: cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See Salt.]
1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
Sa"line ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Cf. F. saline. See Saline, a.]
Definition: A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
Sal"ine, n.
1. (Chem.)
Definition: A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also salin.]
2. (Med. Chem.)
Definition: A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
