Definition of Nicotiana tabacum

1. Noun. Tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves.

Exact synonyms: Common Tobacco
Substance meronyms: Baccy, Tobacco
Generic synonyms: Tobacco, Tobacco Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicotiana Tabacum

Nicolle's white mycetoma
Nicolls
Nicolo Amati
Nicolson
Nicomachean
Nicomedia
Nicopolitan
Nicopolitans
Nicosia
Nicosian
Nicosians
Nicotiana
Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana rustica
Nicotiana tabacum (current term)
Nicæa
Nidaros
Nide
Nidhogg
Nidri
Nidularia
Nidulariaceae
Nidulariales
Nidwalden
Niebuhr
Nieden's syndrome
Niels Abel
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik Abel

Literary usage of Nicotiana tabacum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin (1876)
"... fresh stock—Uniform colour of the flowers on the self-fertilised plants of the fourth generation —Nicotiana tabacum, crossed and self-fertilised plants ..."

2. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Nicotiana tabacum; Nicotiana syl- vestris; Nicotiana; Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus; Infections; Leaves; Chloroplasts; ..."

3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"Ni'cotin, see Nicotiana tabacum. ... white wine and olive oil, old turpentine, litharge, aloes, saffron, oxide of zinc, Ac. Nico'tia, sec Nicotiana tabacum. ..."

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