English Explanatory Dictionary

cryptidine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C₁₁H₁₁N.
  2. Any of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.

Word forms

cryptidine cryptidines

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós) + -idine.

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