Nicotiana Definition

nĭ-kōshē-ănə, -änə, -ānə
noun
Any of a genus (Nicotiana) of New World plants of the nightshade family, including tobacco and several species with fragrant flowers, grown as ornamentals.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Nicotiana
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae "” the tobacco plants.

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Other Word Forms of Nicotiana

Noun

Singular:
nicotiana
Plural:
nicotianas

Origin of Nicotiana

  • New Latin (herba) nicotiāna (herb of) Nicot, nicotiana after Jean Nicot (1530?–1600), French diplomat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561, + -iana

    From Wiktionary

  • From the genus name

    From Wiktionary

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