nicouline

English

Etymology

From French, from the former taxonomic name Robinia nicou.

Noun

nicouline (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, dated) rotenone

French

Etymology

Named by Emmanuel Geoffroy in 1895 from the plant Robinia nicou from which he extracted this compound.

Noun

nicouline f (plural nicoulines)

1. an alkaloid extracted from various tropical plants, including Lonchocarpus nicou, used as an insecticide; rotenone

References

1. L'Agronomie coloniale, Voume 26, 1937, page 86
2. Roger Regnault and Vincent Philogene, Biopesticides d'origine végétale, 2008, page 7