Chem. [f. Corydalis + -INE.] An alkaloid existing in the root of Corydalis tuberosa and some allied plants.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 287. Corydalina … was detected by M. Wackenroder [in 1826], in the root of the corydalis tuberosa.
1863–72. Watts, Dict. Chem., II. 87. Corydaline forms light, non-coherent, greyish-white masses.
