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lobeline definition

lo·be·line (lō′bə lēn′, -lin)

noun

a yellow, crystalline alkaloid, CHNO, related to nicotine, used in medicine and in products that help smokers quit smoking

Etymology: < ModL Lobelia (see lobelia) + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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