'Hyaline' definitions:

Definition of 'hyaline'

adjective

Resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid]

noun

A glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyaline, hyalin]

From: GCIDE

Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. ?, fr. "y`alos glass: cf. F. hyalin.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." --Carpenter. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, n.
1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear hyaline, the glassy sea." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleus originates. [1913 Webster]
3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee. [1913 Webster]