nicotianinn.
/nᵻˌkɒtɪˈɑːnɪn/, /nᵻˌkəʊʃɪˈɑːnɪn/, /ˌnɪkɒtɪˈɑːnɪn/, /ˌnɪkəʊʃɪˈɑːnɪn/, U.S. /nᵻˌkoʊʃiˈɑˌnɪn/, /nᵻˌkɑdiˈɑˌnɪn/, /nɪˌkoʊʃiˈeɪˌnɪn/ Chemistry. Now rare.
A bitter, odorous, crystallizable oily substance present in the volatile oil distilled from tobacco leaves.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > oil from tobacco
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1833 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1831–2 510 List of Vegetable Alkalies... Nicotianin.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 498 Of Nicotianin. This concrete oily substance exists in tobacco, and gives it its characteristic odour.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 886 Nicotianine is the name of an oil recently extracted from the leaves of tobacco, which possesses the smell of tobacco smoke.
1871 J. R. Nichols Fireside Chem. 44 A good cigar..should contain a large proportion of nicotianine.
1892 C. F. Millsbaugh Medicinal Plants 128-4 Nicotianin consists of white, scale-like crystals, having a bitter aromatic taste, soluble in water, alcohol and ether, and emitting a tobacco-like odor.
1930 I. W. D. Hackh Chem. Dict. 736/1 It [sc. tobacco] contains nicotine, nicotianine, nicotelline, and other alkaloids.
1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal II. 817/1 By distillation with water it [sc. Nicotine] yields a concrete volatile oil termed nicotianin or Tobacco camphor, which is tasteless, crystalline, and smells of Tobacco.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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