Webster's 1828 Dictionary
NICOTIAN
a.Pertaining to or denoting tobacco; and as a noun, tobacco; so called from Nicot, who first introduced it into France, A.D. 156 .
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
NICOTIAN
Ni *co "tian, n. Etym: [F. nicotiane; -- so called from Nicot, who introduced it into France, a.d. 15
Defn: Tobacco. [R.] B. Jonson.
NICOTIAN
NICOTIAN Ni *co "tian, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco. [R.] Bp. Hall.
NICOTIANA
Ni *co "ti *an *a, n. Etym: [NL. See Nicotian. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco.
NICOTIANINE
Ni *co "ti *a *nine ( or ), n. Etym: [F. nicotianine. See Nicotian. ](Chem. )
Defn: A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.
New American Oxford Dictionary
nicotiana
ni co ti a na |niˌkōSHēˈänə, -ˈanə nɪˌkoʊʃiˈɑnə | ▶noun an ornamental plant related to tobacco, with tubular flowers that are particularly fragrant at night. Also called tobacco plant. [Genus Nicotiana, family Solanaceae: several species, in particular N. alata. ] ORIGIN from modern Latin nicotiana (herba )‘tobacco (plant ),’ named after Jean Nicot, a 16th -cent. French diplomat who introduced tobacco to France in 1560.
Oxford Dictionary
nicotiana
nicotiana |ˌnɪkɒtɪˈɑːnə, -kəʊʃ -| ▶noun an ornamental plant related to tobacco, with tubular flowers that are particularly fragrant at night. Also called tobacco plant. ●Genus Nicotiana, family Solanaceae: several species, in particular N. alata. ORIGIN from modern Latin nicotiana (herba ) ‘tobacco (plant )’, named after Jean Nicot, a 16th -cent. French diplomat who introduced tobacco to France in 1560.
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