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tobacco

DEFINITIONS OF: tobacco

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n aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs

Synonyms:
tobacco plant
Types:
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Jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana alata, flowering tobacco
South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
Nicotiana tabacum, common tobacco
tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves
Indian tobacco, Nicotiana rustica, wild tobacco
tobacco plant of South America and Mexico
Nicotiana glauca, mustard tree, tree tobacco
evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

n leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

Synonyms:
baccy
Types:
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filler
the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar
roll of tobacco, smoke
tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
smoking mixture
a blend of tobaccos to be smoked in a pipe
snuff
finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
shag
a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
Turkish tobacco
a dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in cigarettes
cigar
a roll of tobacco for smoking
butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
rappee
strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco
latakia
aromatic Turkish tobacco
Type of:
drug of abuse, street drug
a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction
plant product
a product made from plant material
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