1. tobacco(n = noun.artifact) baccy - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion;
is a kind of drug of abuse, street drug, plant product
has particulars: filler, roll of tobacco, smoke, smoking mixture, snuff, shag, turkish tobacco
Derived forms noun tobacconist2, noun tobacconist1
2. tobacco(n = noun.plant) tobacco plant - aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs;
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus nicotiana, nicotiana
has particulars: flowering tobacco, jasmine tobacco, nicotiana alata, common tobacco, nicotiana tabacum, indian tobacco, nicotiana rustica, wild tobacco, mustard tree, nicotiana glauca, tree tobacco
1. An American plant (
" The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco (
2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways. [1913 Webster]
tobacco, n. (pl. -os)
1 (in full tobacco-plant) any plant of the genus Nicotiana, of American origin, with narcotic leaves used for smoking, chewing, or snuff.
2 its leaves, esp. as prepared for smoking.
Idiom:
tobacco mosaic virus a virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco, much used in biochemical research. tobacco-pipe see PIPE n. 2. tobacco-stopper an instrument for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe.
Etymology:
Sp. tabaco, of Amer. Ind. orig.
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