Nicotianine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]