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picoline
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picoline, n. [L. pix, picis, pitch + oleum oil + -ine.].
Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N ) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine . [1913 Webster]
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