nornicotine

[nawr-nik-uh-teen]

noun

1. an alkaloid, C 9 H 1 2 N 2 , extracted from tobacco and related to nicotine but having a lower toxicity: used as an agricultural and horticultural insecticide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nornicotine¹

nor- + nicotine

Example Sentences

Those other chemical ingredients—things like acetaldehyde, anabasine, nornicotine, anatabine, cotinine, and myosmine—help to keep people hooked on tobacco.

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