THALLINE

Adjective

thalline (comparative more thalline, superlative most thalline)

(botany) Having a thallus

Noun

thalline (uncountable)

(obsolete, medicine) Any of several derivatives of quinoline used as an antipyretic

Source: Wiktionary


Thal"line, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Consisting of a thallus.

Thal"line, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Definition: An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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