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(nĭ-kō′shan)

Noun.

[F.

nicotiane

; – so called from

Nicot

, who introduced it into France,

a. d.

1560.]

Tobacco.

[R.]

B. Jonson.

Adj.

Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.

[R.]

Bp. Hall.

Adj.

Pertaining to or denoting tobacco; and as a noun, tobacco; so called from Nicot, who first introduced it into France, A.D. 1560.