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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

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.