Crossword-Solution: NICOTIANA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Nicotiana | n. | A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “NICOTIANA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| American and Australian plant such as tobacco, with white, yellow, or purple fragrant flowers | 1 answer |
| Tobacco plant genus (unsurprisingly) | 1 answer |
| tobacco plant | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise;
as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
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Sentences with NICOTIANA (5)
Similar forms were found in Mimulus luteus and Nicotiana (In Pisum sativum also the crossing of two individuals of the same variety produced no advantage; Darwin attributed this to the fact that the plants had for several generations been self-fertilised and in each generation cultivated under almost the same conditions.
There are great yellow clumps of evening primroses and milky white nicotiana, and the roses are simply everywhere." "How long shall you stay?" asked Malcolm in an interested voice.
The tobacco plant, NICOTIANA TOBACUM, belongs to the order Solanaceae, which also includes belladonna, capsicum, henbane, and likewise the common potato.
Lastly, with Pisum, Primula, the three generations of Canna, and the three of Nicotiana (which together complete the twelve cases), a cross between two plants certainly did no good or very little good to the offspring; but we have reason to believe that this is the result of these plants having been self-fertilised and cultivated under nearly uniform conditions for several generations.
Young crossed seedlings of Nicotiana withstood a cold and wet summer much better than the self-fertilised seedlings.
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Appears in: Newsday.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2020).