saline

Etymology

From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).

adj

  1. Containing salt; salty.
  2. Resembling salt.
    a saline taste

noun

  1. Water containing dissolved salt.
  2. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

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