morpholine

[ mawr-fuh-leen, -lin ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a colorless, hygroscopic liquid, C4H9NO, used chiefly as a solvent for dyes, resins, and waxes.

Origin of morpholine

1
First recorded in 1885–90; morph- + -ol2 + -ine2

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