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nicotine

nicotine

English

Noun

nicotine (usually uncountable, plural nicotines)

  1. (chemistry) An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.
  2. (figuratively) tobacco, cigarettes
    He is addicted to nicotine.

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French

Noun

nicotine f (uncountable)

  1. nicotine (alkaloid)

Italian

Noun

nicotine f

  1. plural of nicotina

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