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ni⋅co⋅ti⋅a⋅na

  [ni-koh-shee-ey-nuh, -an-uh, -ah-nuh]
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any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, esp. one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.
Origin:
1590–1600; < NL (herba) nicotiana Nicot's (herb) (after Jacques Nicot (1530–1600), said to have introduced tobacco into France); see -ian, -a 2
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ni·co·ti·an·a   (nĭ-kō'shē-ān'ə, -ä'nə, -ā'nə)   
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) nicotiāna, (herb of) Nicot, nicotiana, after Jean Nicot (1530?-1600), French diplomat.]
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Main Entry: Ni·co·ti·ana
Pronunciation: ni-"kO-shE-'an-&
Function: noun
: a genus of American and Asian herbs or shrubs of thefamily Solanaceae that have viscid foliage, tubular flowers with a cleft or divided calyx, and a many-seeded capsule and that include the cultivated tobacco (N. tabacum)
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