Quinoline

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An aromatic organic base, C9H7N, having a pungent tarlike odor, synthesized or obtained from coal tar, and used as a food preservative and in making antiseptics and dyes.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as chinoline.
    • Word Usage
    ""quinoline" were produced, at about half the price of quinine."
    Cross Reference
    quinoline red    quinoline blue    quinoline yellow   
    Variant
    chinoline   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pyrrolizidine    isoquinoline    triethylamine    psychoactive    pyrrolidine   
     
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