saline
See also: Saline
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Etymology edit
From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).
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saline (comparative more saline, superlative most saline)
- Containing salt; salty.
- Resembling salt.
- a saline taste
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salty
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Noun edit
saline (countable and uncountable, plural salines)
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- (water containing dissolved salt): saline solution
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solution — see saline solution
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saline
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saline f pl
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saline f pl
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saline
- inflection of salinar: