tobacco plant

/təˌbækoʊ plænt/

Other forms: tobacco plants

Definitions of tobacco plant

1. noun

   aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
   synonyms: tobacco

   types:

   Jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana alata, flowering tobacco

   South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers

   Nicotiana tabacum, common tobacco

   tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves

   Indian tobacco, Nicotiana rustica, wild tobacco

   tobacco plant of South America and Mexico

   Nicotiana glauca, mustard tree, tree tobacco

   evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests