nicotiana

[ni-koh-shee-ey-nuh, -an-uh, -ah-nuh]

ni·co·ti·a·na

[ni-koh-shee-ey-nuh, -an-uh, -ah-nuh]
noun
any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Neo-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 has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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nicotiana (nɪˌkəʊʃɪˈɑːnə, -ˈeɪnə)
 
n
any solanaceous plant of the American and Australian genus Nicotiana, such as tobacco, having white, yellow, or purple fragrant flowers
 
[C16: see nicotine]

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