Meanings
nounloline (countable and uncountable, plural lolines)
plural lolines
- countableuncountablechemistryfestucine or any of several similar alkaloids
Hydrolysis of lolidine yields loline and norloline: […] MS and NMR spectra of loline from L. cunneatum and festucine from Festuca arundinacea showed that both alkaloids are identical.
1991, Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Poisonous plant contamination of edible plants, page 96
Origin
So named because it is found in Lolium.
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APA
loline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loline
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“loline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loline. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loline,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loline.
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