nicotiana

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

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.

nicotiana

/ -ˈeɪnə; nɪˌkəʊʃɪˈɑːnə /

noun

1. any solanaceous plant of the American and Australian genus Nicotiana, such as tobacco, having white, yellow, or purple fragrant flowers

Word History and Origins

Origin of nicotiana¹

1590–1600; < New Latin ( herba ) nicotiana Nicot's (herb) (after Jacques Nicot (1530–1600), said to have introduced tobacco into France); -ian, -a ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of nicotiana¹

C16: see nicotine

Example Sentences

Jiorgos Kourelis, a postdoc in Kamoun’s lab, first melded the gene for the GFPtargeting nanobody to the gene for an intracellular immune receptor in the tobacco relative Nicotiana benthamiana.

From Science Magazine

The leaves of a Nicotiana benthamiana plant is pictured at Medicago greenhouse in Quebec City, August 13, 2014.

From Reuters

To make the vaccine, the company uses nicotiana benthamiana, a cousin of the tobacco plant, as small bioreactors, growing non-infectious virus like particles that mimic the coronavirus.

From Reuters

Medicago produces the spike proteins in a genetically engineered plant, a tobacco cousin called Nicotiana benthamiana, rather than in lab cell cultures.

From Science Magazine

White begonias and nicotiana are easy-to-care-for white flowering plants that thrive in part sun and part shade container gardens.

From Seattle Times