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Common tobacco   /kˈɑmən təbˈækˌoʊ/   Listen
Common tobacco

noun
1.
Tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves.  Synonym: Nicotiana tabacum.





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... some plants of the common tobacco, raised from purchased seeds, were crossed with pollen from a distinct plant of the same lot, and these produced ten capsules. Twelve flowers on the same plants were fertilised with their own pollen, and produced eleven capsules. The seeds in the ten crossed capsules weighed 31.7 grains, ...
— The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Common tobacco" :   baccy, tobacco, tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum


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