Definition of

Tobacco

(noun, artifact) leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
(noun, plant) aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs

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Synonyms of Tobacco

Derivations: tobacconist

Hyponyms: common tobacco, filler, flowering tobacco, indian tobacco, jasmine tobacco, mustard tree, nicotiana alata, nicotiana glauca, nicotiana rustica, nicotiana tabacum, roll of tobacco, shag, smoke, smoking mixture, snuff, tree tobacco, turkish tobacco, wild tobacco

Hypernyms: drug of abuse, herb, herbaceous plant, plant product, street drug

1588, from Sp. tabaco, in part from an Arawakan (probably Taino) language of the Caribbean, said to mean "a roll of tobacco leaves" (according to Las Casas, 1552) or "a kind of pipe for smoking tobacco" (according to Oviedo, 1535). Scholars of Caribbean languages lean toward Las Casas' explanation. But Sp. tabaco (also It. tabacco) was a name of medicinal h… more

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Tobacco_Lolita チョウセンメクラチビゴミムシ属ツシマメクラチビゴミムシの１属1種で対馬で発見されたんだけど、国内の洞窟性ゴミムシと類似点が少なく、朝鮮半島棲息の洞窟性ゴミムシの特徴をかなり有していたため、朝鮮半島由来のゴミムシが対馬で独自進化したと思われたため、こんな名前になってる。
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LacieLowry HISTORIC MEETING: Gov. Fallin will meet with the state's 39 federally recognized tribes Tuesday to talk tobacco compacts & gaming revenue.