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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĕp′ĭ-dĭn or -dēn)

Noun.

(Chem.)

An organic base,

C9H6.N.CH3

, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.

lepidine ‎(not comparable)

lepidine ‎(plural lepidines)

(organic chemistry) 4-methylquinoline, a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound used in the preparation of certain dyes.