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nicotian

nicotian adjective: relating to, or derived from, tobacco.

Adjective

nicotian (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Relating to, or derived from, tobacco.
    • And from this Nicotian fume grow now adaies, doubtlessly, many our frequent complaints.1612, John Cotta, A short discoverie of the dangers of ignorant practisers of physicke, page 5
    • […] they had gotten themselves into the darkest corner of the room, and, heedless of the Nicotian atmosphere, were supping on the bread of their own ovens, and the bacon cured in their own chimney-smoke.1853, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales, Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, page 252

Questions about nicotian

What does nicotian mean?
Nicotian means relating to, or derived from, tobacco.
What part of speech is nicotian?
Nicotian is an adjective.

Words near nicotian in the dictionary

  1. nicotelline
  2. nicotene
  3. nicothianamine
  4. nicothoid
  5. nicothoids
  6. nicotian
  7. nicotiana
  8. nicotianamine
  9. nicotianamines
  10. nicotianas
  11. nicotianin

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