Saline

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also salin.]

2. A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.

2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.