nicotiana
/nɪˌkɒtɪˈɑːnə/noun
1- an ornamental plant related to tobacco, with tubular flowers that are particularly fragrant at night烟草属植物, 烟草。亦称 TOBACCO PLANT.
1.1
- Genus Nicotiana, family Solanaceae: several species, in particular N. alata.烟草属, 茄科:数种, 尤指花烟草。
词源
from modern Latin nicotiana (herba) 'tobacco (plant)', named after Jaques Nicot, a 16th-cent. French diplomat who introduced tobacco to France in 1560.