Nicotiana

New Latin, from Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561, +‎ -iana

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
• Nicotiana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Nicotiana at USDA Plants database
• Nicotiana at The Plant List

From the surname of Jean Nicot +‎ -iāna (adjective forming suffix) (feminine of -iānus).

Nicotiana f sg (genitive Nicotianae); first declension

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

First-declension noun, singular only.