Definition of quinoline Quinoline
quin•o•line
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What does quinoline mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- quinoline (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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quinoline
kwin′ō-lin, n. a pungent, colourless liquid obtained by the distillation of bones, coal-tar, and various alkaloids—the base of many organic bodies, isomeric with Leucol.—Also Chin′oline. [Peruv. quina, kina, bark.]
