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FLOWERING TOBACCO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flowering tobacco mean?
• FLOWERING TOBACCO (noun)
The noun FLOWERING TOBACCO has 1 sense:
1. South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
Familiarity information: FLOWERING TOBACCO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
flowering tobacco; Jasmine tobacco; Nicotiana alata
Hypernyms ("flowering tobacco" is a kind of...):
tobacco; tobacco plant (aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs)
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