Nicotiana

nounStandard termFarming

An ornamental flowering plant related to tobacco, grown for its fragrant blooms.

Any of the ornamental species within the tobacco genus, cultivated in gardens and horticulture rather than for smoking. They are valued for their tubular flowers that often release a strong, sweet fragrance in the evening to attract moth pollinators.

Heard on the job

We should plant a row of white Nicotiana near the patio so the clients can smell them at night.

Also heard as

  • flowering tobacco
  • ornamental tobacco