Definition: nicotianine

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nicotianine \Ni*co"ti*a*nine\ (? or ?), n. [F. nicotianine. See
   Nicotian.] (Chem.)
   A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted
   from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.