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loline

loline noun: festucine or any of several similar alkaloids.

Noun

loline (countable and uncountable, plural lolines)

  1. festucine or any of several similar alkaloids
    • Hydrolysis of lolidine yields loline and norloline:
      […]
      MS and NMR spectra of loline from L. cunneatum and festucine from Festuca arundinacea showed that both alkaloids are identical.1991, Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Poisonous plant contamination of edible plants, page 96

Forms of loline

plurallolines

Origin of loline

So named because it is found in Lolium.

Questions about loline

What does loline mean?
Loline means festucine or any of several similar alkaloids.
What part of speech is loline?
Loline is a noun.
What is the plural of loline?
The plural of loline is lolines.

Words near loline in the dictionary

  1. loligo
  2. loligos
  3. loligosepiid
  4. loligosepiids
  5. lolikon
  6. loline
  7. lolines
  8. loling
  9. lolinidine
  10. lolinine
  11. lolis

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