anabasine

[uh-nab-uh-seen, -sin]

noun

Chemistry.

1. a colorless, poisonous liquid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , used as an insecticide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anabasine¹

< New Latin Anabas ( is ) genus name ( ana-, basis ) + -ine ²

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