Nicot, JEAN, born at Nîmes in 1530, died at Paris in 1600, French ambassador at Lisbon, introduced into France the tobacco-plant, which was called after him Nicotiana (see TOBACCO). He also compiled one of the first French dictionaries, Trésor de la Langue Française (1606).
Nicot, JEAN
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 497
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