biography
pronunciation:
[neekoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1530–1600)
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| biography:
| Diplomat and scholar, born in Nîmes, S France. He became French ambassador in Lisbon (1559–61), and in 1560 introduced into France from Portugal the tobacco plant, called after him Nicotiana. The word nicotine derives from his name. He also compiled one of the first French dictionaries (1606). |
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