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nic·o·tine  (nk-tn)

n.

A colorless, poisonous alkaloid, C₁₀H₁₄N₂, derived from the tobacco plant and used as an insecticide. It is the substance in tobacco to which smokers can become addicted.

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[French, from New Latin nicotina; see nicotiana.]

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nicotine

Noun

a poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco [after J. Nicot, who introduced tobacco into France]

nicotinic adj

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nicotine  (nk-tn)

A colorless, poisonous compound occurring naturally in the tobacco plant. It is used in medicine and as an insecticide, and it is the substance in tobacco products to which smokers can become addicted. Nicotine is an alkaloid. Chemical formula: C₁₀H₁₄N₂.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nicotine - an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide baccy, tobacco - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor - any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure alkaloid - natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants phytotoxin, plant toxin - any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin

Translations

nicotine [ˈnɪkətiːn] n → nicotina

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nicotine [ˈnɪkətiːn] n → nicotine f

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nicotine [ˈnɪkətiːn] n → Nikotin nt

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nicotine [ˈnɪkətiːn] n → nicotina