Nicotiana

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

Nicotiana f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the tobacco plants.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Solanales – order; Solanaceae – family; Nicotianoideae - subfamily

• (genus): Nicotiana sect. Alatae, Nicotiana sect. Nicotiana, Nicotiana sect. Noctiflorae, Nicotiana sect. Paniculatae, Nicotiana sect. Petunioides, Nicotiana sect. Polydicliae, Nicotiana sect. Repandae, Nicotiana sect. Rusticae, Nicotiana sect. Suaveolentes, Nicotiana sect. Sylvestres, Nicotiana sect. Tomentosae, Nicotiana sect. Trigonophyllae, Nicotiana sect. Undulatae - sections
  • Nicotiana tabacum - type species; Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco, San Juan tree), Nicotiana rustica (Aztec tobacco) - selected other species; for others see List of Nicotiana species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• nicotine alkaloid

• Nicotiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nicotiana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Nicotiana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Nicotiana at USDA Plants database
• Nicotiana at The Plant List

From (Jean) Nicot (French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561) +‎ -iāna (adjective forming suffix) (feminine of -iānus).

Nicotiāna f sg (genitive Nicotiānae); first declension (New Latin)

1. A taxonomic genus, within family Solanaceae; the tobacco plants.

First-declension noun, singular only.