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Meaning of 'hyaline' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hyaline [ a.]
- Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.
2 . Hyaline [ n.]
- A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.
- The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
- The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation.

Meaning of 'hyaline' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hyaline [ s]
Meaning (1):
- resembling glass in transparency or translucency
Example in sentence:
  • the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline

Nearby Words:

hyacine hyacinth hyacinthian hyacinthine hyades hyads hyaena hyalea hyalescence hyalite

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