The tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum; (occasionally) any plant of the genus Nicotiana. Also (literary and poetic): tobacco.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > tobacco-plant (19) nicotian1577 The tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum; (occasionally) any plant of the genus Nicotiana. Also (literary and poetic): tobacco. queen mother herb1577 tobacco (cf. queen's herb n. at queen, n. compounds 3c). queen's herb1577 tobacco (cf. queen mother herb n. at queen mother, n. compounds). tobacco1577 The plant whose leaves are so used: Any one of various species of Nicotiana (N.O. Solanaceæ), esp. N. Tabacum, a native of tropical America, or N. ru… nicotiana1600 (a) Originally: the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum; tobacco (occasionally personified) (now rare). (b) Later more generally: (in form Nicotiana)… Frenchman1693 North American. In Virginian tobacco cultivation: a plant that is tall and attenuated, and so of little value. Cf. French, v. 5. Now historical. sot-weed1698 tobacco (Obsolete exc. Historical). tobacco-plant1761 The plant which yields tobacco; = tobacco, n. 2. Subcategories:— leaf of (1) — plant resembling (1) — genus or general name of (2) — varieties of (5) — tobacco substitute plants (2) |
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