Saligenin to salsuginous
Saligenin
(Sa*lig"e*nin) n. [Salicin + -gen.] (Chem.) A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition
of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; — called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.
Saligot
(Sal"i*got) n. [F.] (Bot.) The water chestnut
Salimeter
(Sal*im"e*ter) n. [L. sal salt + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present
in any given solution. [Written also salometer.]
Salimetry
(Sal*im"e*try) n. The art or process of measuring the amount of salt in a substance.
Salina
(Sa*li"na) n. [Cf. L. salinae, pl., salt works, from sal salt. See Saline, a.]
1. A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.
2. Salt works.
Salina period
(Sa*li"na pe"ri*od) [So called from Salina, a town in New York.] (Geol.) The period in
which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York,
was formed. See the Chart of Geology.
Salination
(Sal`i*na"tion) n. The act of washing with salt water. [R. & Obs.] Greenhill.
Saline
(Sa"line) a. [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt: cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See Salt.]
1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
Saline
(Sa"line) n. [Cf. F. saline. See Saline, a.] A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected
in the earth.
Saline
(Sal"ine) n.
1. (Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also
salin.]
2. (Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
Salineness
(Sa*line"ness) n. The quality or state of being salt; saltness.
Saliniferous
(Sal`i*nif"er*ous) a. [Saline + -ferous.] Same as Saliferous.
Saliniform
(Sa*lin"i*form) a. Having the form or the qualities of a salt, especially of common salt.
Salinity
(Sa*lin"i*ty) n. Salineness. Carpenter.
Salinometer
(Sal`i*nom"e*ter) n. [Saline + -meter.] A salimeter.
Salinous
(Sa*lin"ous) a. Saline. [Obs.]
Salique
(Sal"ique) a. [F.] Salic. Shak.
She fulmined out her scorn of laws salique.
Tennyson. Saliretin
(Sal`i*re"tin) n. [Saligenin + Gr. resin.] (Chem.) A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained
by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.
