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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NICOTIANINE

Ni *co "ti *a *nine ( or ), n. Etym: [F. nicotianine. See Nicotian. ](Chem. )

 

Defn: A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.