Definition of Indian tobacco
1
: a poisonous North American annual lobelia (Lobelia inflata) with small blue or white flowers
2
: a wild tobacco (Nicotiana bigelovii synonym N. quadrivalvis) found in dry valleys from southern California to southern Oregon
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Time Traveler for Indian tobacco
The first known use of Indian tobacco was circa 1618
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