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tobacco

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

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