NOUN | substance | nicotine | an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco |
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Sounds | nih'kahtiy.n | |
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Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... |
Meaning | An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide. | |
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Broader | alkaloid | Natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants |
plant toxin, phytotoxin | Any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin | |
vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor | Any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel | |
Substance of | tobacco, baccy | leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion |
Spanish | nicotina | |
Catalan | nicotina |
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