- Main Entry:
- to·bac·co

- Pronunciation:
-
\tə-ˈba-(ˌ)kō\
- Function:
- noun
- Inflected Form(s):
- plural to·bac·cos
- Etymology:
- Spanish tabaco, probably from Taino, roll of tobacco leaves
- Date:
- circa 1565
1: 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 (North tabacum) cultivated for its leaves2: the leaves of cultivated tobacco prepared for use in smoking or chewing or as snuff3: manufactured products of tobacco (as cigars or cigarettes); also : smoking as a practice <has sworn off tobacco>4: a moderate brown