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tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
any of a genus (Nicotiana) of chiefly American plants of the nightshade family with viscid foliage and tubular flowers; especially : a tall erect annual tropical American herb (N. tabacum) cultivated for its leaves
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
the leaves of cultivated tobacco prepared for use in smoking or chewing or as snuff
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
manufactured products of tobacco (such as cigars or cigarettes); also : smoking as a practice
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
an American noctuid moth (Heliothis virescens synonym Helicoverpa virescens) whose striped and variably colored larva feeds on buds and young leaves especially of tobacco and cotton
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
an American hawk moth (Manduca sexta) whose large usually green larva is a hornworm that feeds on the leaves of plants of the nightshade family and especially tobacco and tomato
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
saliva colored brown by tobacco or snuff
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
a single-stranded RNA virus (species Tobacco mosaic virus of the genus Tobamovirus) that occurs worldwide and causes mosaic disease in plants (such as tobacco and tomato) especially of the nightshade family
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
a squalid poverty-stricken rural area or community
tobacco
adjective(to-bac-co)
opposed to, discouraging, or restricting the use of tobacco : anti-smoking
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
moist, finely pulverized tobacco placed between cheek and gum
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
a poisonous North American annual lobelia (Lobelia inflata) with small blue or white flowers
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
a wild tobacco (Nicotiana bigelovii synonym N. quadrivalvis) found in dry valleys from southern California to southern Oregon
tobacco
noun(to-bac-co)
pulverized or shredded tobacco chewed or placed between cheek and gum : snuff

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