1. Adjective
Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
2. Adjective
Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
3. Adjective
A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
4. Noun
A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
5. Noun
A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
6. Noun
an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
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