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Thalline
Thal′line
,Adj.
(Bot.)
Consisting of a thallus.
Thal′line
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a young shoot or branch.]
(Chem.)
An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance,
C10H13NO
, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; – so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.