English > tobacco plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs. |
---|
Synonym | tobacco |
---|
Member of | Nicotiana, genus Nicotiana | American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage |
---|
Narrower | common tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum | tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers |
---|
flowering tobacco, Jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana alata | South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers |
tree tobacco, mustard tree, Nicotiana glauca | evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States |
wild tobacco, Indian tobacco, Nicotiana rustica | tobacco plant of South America and Mexico |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
---|
Spanish | tabaco |
---|
Catalan | tabac |
---|