Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nicotine.
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Examples
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Its active principle, an alkaloid — nicotine or nicotia — is combined with a vegetable acid.
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Its active principle, an alkaloid -- nicotine or nicotia
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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The organic base, _nicotin_, (or _nicotia_, as some chemists prefer to call it,) exists in tobacco combined with an acid in excess, and in this state is not volatile.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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It has been shown to contain the alkaloid nicotia, and this is probably its only active component.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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When I was a child, there were petunias planted along that path, and now, it's nicotia … but … close enough.
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"There is little glory in raising nicotia, and sipping bumbo, and cursing negroes.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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"There is little glory in raising nicotia, and sipping bumbo, and cursing negroes.
Richard Carvel — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909
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"There is little glory in raising nicotia, and sipping bumbo, and cursing negroes.
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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"There is little glory in raising nicotia, and sipping bumbo, and cursing negroes.
Richard Carvel Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1899
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