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Webster 1913 Edition


Nicotiana

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Ni-coˊti-a′na

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Noun.
[NL. See
Nicotian
.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See
Tobacco
.