different between doline vs loline

English

Alternative forms

• dolina

Etymology

From a Slavic (most likely Russian or Slovene) word for valley, perhaps via German Doline.

Noun

doline (plural dolines)

1. A depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone.
2. (by extension) Any sinkhole.

Translations

Further reading

• sinkhole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• El Nido, Leonid, Liendo, dienol, elonid, indole, loined, olenid

French

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dolina; compare Polish dolina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.lin/

Noun

doline f (plural dolines)

1. sinkhole, shakehole

Further reading

• “doline” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

doline (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. inflection of dolina:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

English

Etymology

So named because it is found in Lolium. (Its synonym "festucine" reflects its presence in Festuca.)

Noun

loline (plural lolines)

1. (organic chemistry) festucine or any of several similar alkaloids
   • 1991, Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Poisonous plant contamination of edible plants, page 96:

     Hydrolysis of lolidine yields loline and norloline:

     […]

     MS and NMR spectra of loline from L. cunneatum and festucine from Festuca arundinacea showed that both alkaloids are identical.

See also

• norloline, lolidine

Anagrams

• Lionel, O'Neill, lionel, niello, nollie