Saline

1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
2. A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
3. A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
4. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
5. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.