nicouline

== English == === Etymology === From French, from the former taxonomic name Robinia nicou. === Noun === nicouline (uncountable) (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) an alkaloid extracted from various tropical plants, including Lonchocarpus nicou, used as an insecticide; rotenone === References === L'Agronomie coloniale, Voume 26, 1937, page 86 Roger Regnault and Vincent Philogene, Biopesticides d'origine végétale, 2008, page 7