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Word: Picoline
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century. From classical Latin pic-, pix pitch + -ol + -ine. Compare German Picolin
Definition:
Each of three colourless, pungent-smelling, liquid bases, (CH₃)C₅ H₄ N, that are isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine and are obtained from coal tar, bone oil, etc.; specifically the α-isomer (2-methylpyridine).
Variant Forms:
- picolin
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