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nicotine |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nicotine \Nic"o*tine\ (? or ?), n. [F. nicotine. See {Nicotian}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous. --Ure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nicotine n : an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide
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