tobacco, native

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


In Australia generally,a true Tobacco, Nicotiana suaveolens, Lehm., N.O. Solanaceae; readily eaten as a forage plantby stock. In Queensland, the name is also applied to Pituri (q.v.). In Tasmania, the name is given to Cassinia billardieri, De C., N.O. Compositae.Various American tobaccos are also naturalised, and theirgrowing and manufacture is an industry. Tobacco manufacturedin the colonies, whether from imported American leaf or fromleaf grown in the colonies, is called Colonial Tobacco.

1848. T. L. Mitchell, `Tropical Australia,' p. 64:

«In the rich soil near the river-bed, we saw the yellowishflowers of the native tobacco, Nicotiana suaveolens.»

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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