English dictionary
quinoline
/'kw/I/n/@/,l/i/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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A nitrogenous base, C<sub>9</sub>H<sub>7</sub>N 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: webster1913