nicotiana

nicotiana · noun — any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana.

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Nicotiāna, from (Jean) Nicot (French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561) + -iāna (adjective forming suffix) (feminine of -iānus).

noun

Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotianae.g.“But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.” — 2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:
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