Pyridine

n.

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(Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaïnes, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.

Noun

1.

pyridine - a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal

alkali, base, triphosphopyridine