Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nicotiana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: nico-tiana
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana

noun

Literature dealing with tobacco-smoking.

Example Sentences

"But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Nicotiāna, from (Jean) Nicot (French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561) + -iāna (adjective forming suffix) (feminine of -iānus).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ianus, nicotine

Inflected Forms

nicotianas (plural)

Questions

What does nicotiana mean?: Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana
Where does nicotiana come from?: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Nicotiāna, from (Jean) Nicot (French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561) + -iāna (adjective forming suffix) (feminine of -iānus).

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