What is a white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor called?
nicotianine — A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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