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nicotiana

ni·co·ti·a·na
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ni-koh-shee-ey-nuh, -an-uh, -ah-nuh]
    • /nɪˌkoʊ ʃiˈeɪ nə, -ˈæn ə, -ˈɑ nə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ni-koh-shee-ey-nuh, -an-uh, -ah-nuh]
    • /nɪˌkoʊ ʃiˈeɪ nə, -ˈæn ə, -ˈɑ nə/

Definitions of nicotiana word

  • noun nicotiana any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco. 1
  • noun nicotiana An ornamental plant related to tobacco, with tubular flowers that are particularly fragrant at night. 1
  • noun nicotiana any solanaceous plant of the American and Australian genus Nicotiana, such as tobacco, having white, yellow, or purple fragrant flowers 0
  • noun nicotiana any of a genus (Nicotiana) of New World plants of the nightshade family, including tobacco and several species with fragrant flowers, grown as ornamentals 0
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Origin of nicotiana

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < New Latin (herba) nicotiana Nicot's (herb) (after Jacques Nicot (1530-1600), said to have introduced tobacco into France); see -ian, -a2

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nicotiana popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • flowering tobacco

    any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, as N. alata and N. sylvestris, having clusters of fragrant flowers that usually bloom at night, grown as an ornamental.

  • tobacco

    any of several plants belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one of those species, as N. tabacum, whose leaves are prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff.

  • tree tobacco

    a treelike South American plant, Nicotiana glauca, of the nightshade family, having blue-green foliage, heart-shaped leaves, and white, greenish-yellow, or purple flowers, the corolla yellow, grown as an ornamental.
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