indolin

English

Etymology

From indol +‎ -in.

Noun

indolin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, obtained by the reduction of indigo white.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “indolin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)