Thesaurus: quinoline

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1. 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.
2. 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.]
3. A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorlessliquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It thenucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids andrelated substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series ofalkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type. [Written alsochinoline.]
4. 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.