Tobacco, specifically Nicotiana tabacum, is a species of plant belonging to the Solanaceae family. Native to the Americas, it has been used traditionally by indigenous peoples for centuries in various ...

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Nicotiana, commonly known as flowering tobacco, is valued as an ornamental and long-lasting plant for the summer border. Native to Central and South America, the leaves of various nicotiana species ...

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Using genetically similar polyploid series of Nicotiana tabacum L. plants, we could quantify the dependency between the polyploidy and size and form of the tobacco flowers. We found that only radius ...

It is comparable to methyl ethyl ketone, but has a lower solvency and is more expensive. [5] It occurs naturally in Nicotiana tabacum (Tobacco) [6] and blue cheese as a metabolic product of ...

Tobacco species like Nicotiana benthamiana and Nicotiana tabacum are known for having compromised basal immunity and a less ...

(n.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, ...