Thesaurus: saline

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1. a. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
2. a. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
3. a. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
4. n. A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
5. n. A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
6. adj. containing salt
7. n. an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
8. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in theearth.