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nornicotine
[ nawr-nik-uh-teen ]
noun
- an alkaloid, C 9 H 1 2 N 2 , extracted from tobacco and related to nicotine but having a lower toxicity: used as an agricultural and horticultural insecticide.
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Origin of nornicotine1
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Example Sentences
Those other chemical ingredients—things like acetaldehyde, anabasine, nornicotine, anatabine, cotinine, and myosmine—help to keep people hooked on tobacco.
From Scientific American
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