English Explanatory Dictionary

coridine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colourless or yellow oil (C₁₀H₁₅N) found in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base homologous with pyridine.
  2. Any of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type.

Word forms

coridine corindine

Etymology

From Latin cortium (“leather”), referring to its odour.

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