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Definition of Nicotiana tabacum
1. Noun. Tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves.
Substance meronyms: Baccy, Tobacco
Generic synonyms: Tobacco, Tobacco Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicotiana Tabacum
Literary usage of Nicotiana tabacum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin (1876)
"... fresh stock—Uniform colour of the flowers on the self-fertilised plants of
the fourth generation —nicotiana tabacum, crossed and self-fertilised plants ..."
2. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: nicotiana tabacum; Nicotiana syl- vestris; Nicotiana;
Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus; Infections; Leaves; Chloroplasts; ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"Ni'cotin, see nicotiana tabacum. ... white wine and olive oil, old turpentine,
litharge, aloes, saffron, oxide of zinc, Ac. Nico'tia, sec nicotiana tabacum. ..."
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