ni·co·ti·an·a (n -k  sh - n  , -än, - n)n. Any of various flowering annual or perennial herbs of the genus Nicotiana, native to the Americas and including the tobacco plant and ornamental species with fragrant flowers. [New Latin (herba) nicoti na, (herb of) Nicot, nicotiana, after Jean Nicot (1530?-1600), French diplomat.] |
nicotiana [nɪˌkəʊʃɪˈɑːnə -ˈeɪnə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any solanaceous plant of the American and Australian genus Nicotiana, such as tobacco, having white, yellow, or purple fragrant flowers
[see nicotine]
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| Noun | 1. |  Nicotiana - American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliageasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs family Solanaceae, potato family, Solanaceae - large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra tobacco plant, tobacco - aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs |
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