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Definition of: linin
(lī′nin) noun
1. Chem. A white, bitter, crystalline compound, C23H22O9, found in the purging flax (Linum catharticum).
2. Biol. A fiber of the nuclear reticulum of the cell that has little affinity for dyes; an achromatic thread of the nucleus: contrasted with chromatin. [<L linum + -IN]
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