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  • noun A pyridine alkaloid similar to nicotine, found in Nicotiana glauca, a close relative of the common tobacco plant, formerly used as an insecticide.

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Examples

  • HASSAN, M.M. A. and M.HTADI, F.J. (1974) A new source of anabasine.

    Chapter 5 1953

  • Tree tobacco contains two alkaloids (nicotine and anabasine) 2) Can a chemical both attract and a repell at the same time?

    SCV Highlights Jeremiah McDaniel 2010

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