nicotine
Meaning of nicotine
noun
a toxic colourless or yellowish oily liquid which is the chief active constituent of tobacco. It acts as a stimulant in small doses, but in larger amounts blocks the action of autonomic nerve and skeletal muscle cells.
early 19th century: from French, from nicotiana + -ine4.
Information about nicotine
- It is a name.
- The plural form of nicotine is: nicotines.
- Languages in which nicotine is used:
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Hyphenation of nicotine
nico-tine
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- nicotine is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Words that rhyme with nicotine
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