nicotine (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *nicotine*:
NOUN	substance	nicotine	an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco

nicotine > pronunciation
Sounds	nih'kahtiy.n
Rhymes	Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn...

English > *nicotine*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide.
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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