Nicotine Definition

nĭkə-tēn
noun
A toxic, addictive, water-soluble alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco leaves.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Nicotine

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Singular:
nicotine
Plural:
nicotines

Origin of Nicotine

  • Borrowing from French nicotine, named after Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from New Latin nicotiāna nicotiana

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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