melamine(n = noun.substance) cyanuramide - a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins;
is a kind of alkali, base

   A nitrogenous strongly basic chemical substance (C3H6N6), structurally 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide. It is used as one of the starting components (together with formaldehyde) in the preparation of melamine resins, including the commercially marketed Formica (TM). It is solid at room temperature, and sublimes at temperatures approaching 2501913 Webster]

melamine, n.
1 a white crystalline compound that can be copolymerized with methanal to give thermosetting resins.
2 (in full melamine resin) a plastic made from melamine and used esp. for laminated coatings.

Etymology:
melam (arbitrary) + AMINE

melamine resin, melamine resin melamine-fromaldehyde meth