Definition of saline

• a. - Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
• a. - Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
• a. - A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
• n. - A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
• n. - A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.