toˈbacco-plant
The plant which yields tobacco; = tobacco 2.
| 1761 J. Hill (title) Cautions against the immoderate use of Snuff. Founded on the known qualities of the Tobacco Plant. 1796 Stedman Surinam II. xxv. 224 The tobacco plant grows here with large downy leaves, full of fibres. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educ. viii. 65/1 The tobacco plant is an annual, growing six feet high. |
b. A general name for species of Nicotiana.
| 1884 Miller Plant-n. 137 Tobacco-plant. The genus Nicotiana... Latakia, Syrian, or Wild T., Nicotiana rustica... Persian or Shiraz T., N. persica... Tuberose-flowered T., N. affinis... Virginian T., N. Tabacum. |
c. Also applied to other plants.
| 1884 Miller Plant-n. 137 English Tobacco-plant, an old name for Hyoscyamus... Indian T., Lobelia inflata... Mountain T., Arnica montana. |