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Virginia tobacco

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Definition of Virginia tobacco

1 : tobacco grown in colonial North America and shipped from Virginia ports
2a : tobacco grown east of the Appalachian mountains and flue-cured
b : any of various fire-cured, sun-cured, or air-cured tobaccos of the eastern U.S. —distinguished from burley

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“Virginia tobacco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Virginia%20tobacco. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.

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