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salinous

salinous adjective: saline.

Adjective

salinous (comparative more salinous, superlative most salinous)

  1. saline
    • We do not easily ascribe their induration to cold; but rather unto salinous spirits and concretive juices.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errors

Forms of salinous

comparativemore salinous
superlativemost salinous

Questions about salinous

What does salinous mean?
Salinous means saline.
What part of speech is salinous?
Salinous is an adjective.

Words near salinous in the dictionary

  1. salinometry
  2. salinomycin
  3. salinon
  4. salinosporamide
  5. salinosporamides
  6. salinous
  7. saliotite
  8. salipenter
  9. salipenters
  10. Salique
  11. salirasib

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