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coridine

coridine noun: a colourless or yellow oil (C₁₀H₁₅N) found in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base homologous with pyridine.

Noun

coridine (uncountable)

  1. A colourless or yellow oil (C₁₀H₁₅N) found in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base homologous with pyridine.
  2. Any of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type.

Forms of coridine

alternative formcorindine

Origin of coridine

From Latin cortium (“leather”), referring to its odour.

Questions about coridine

What does coridine mean?
Coridine means a colourless or yellow oil (C₁₀H₁₅N) found in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base homologous with pyridine.
What part of speech is coridine?
Coridine is a noun.

Words near coridine in the dictionary

  1. Coriano
  2. Corianos
  3. coriariaceous
  4. Corias
  5. Corideo
  6. coridine
  7. Coriell
  8. Coriells
  9. cories
  10. corification
  11. corifollitropin

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