a. [irreg. f. CHRYSAL-IS + -INE.
This and CHRYSALOID, etc., are formed as if the stem of the Greek word were chrysal-, whereas it is chrysalid-.]
Of, or of the nature of, a chrysalis.
1787. W. Marshall, Norfolk, II. 353. The chrysaline coat now shewed itself a delicate silky texture.
1875. Chamb. Jrnl., VII. 306. In a kind of transitional or chrysaline stage.
