nicotine

Noun
  1. An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco;
    Used in medicine and as an insecticide (synset 114738978)
    is a type of:
    • pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor - any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure
    • alkaloid - natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants
    • phytotoxin, plant toxin - any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
    substance meronym: baccy, tobacco - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

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