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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 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.] Source: webster
  3. 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.] Source: adambom
  4. 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. Source: ecdict

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