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 leaves
2 : the leaves of cultivated tobacco prepared for use in smoking or chewing or as snuff
3 : manufactured products of tobacco (as cigars or cigarettes); also : smoking as a practice <has sworn off tobacco>
4 : a moderate brown

[tobacco illustration]