SG Heritage Dictionary

Nicotian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to or denoting tobacco; and as a noun, tobacco; so called from Nicot, who first introduced it into France, adjective D. 1560.

Nicotian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.

Nicotian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tobacco.

Nicotiana [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco.

Nicotianine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.