tobacco | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. baccy, tobacco | leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion. |
| ~ drug of abuse, street drug | a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction. |
| ~ filler | the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar. |
| ~ roll of tobacco, smoke | tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder. |
| ~ smoking mixture | a blend of tobaccos to be smoked in a pipe. |
| ~ snuff | finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose. |
| ~ common tobacco, nicotiana tabacum | tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves. |
| ~ nicotine | an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide. |
| ~ shag | a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded. |
| ~ turkish tobacco | a dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in cigarettes. |
| ~ plant product | a product made from plant material. |
n. (plant) | 2. tobacco, tobacco plant | aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| ~ genus nicotiana, nicotiana | American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage. |
| ~ flowering tobacco, jasmine tobacco, nicotiana alata | South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers. |
| ~ common tobacco, nicotiana tabacum | tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves. |
| ~ indian tobacco, nicotiana rustica, wild tobacco | tobacco plant of South America and Mexico. |
| ~ mustard tree, nicotiana glauca, tree tobacco | evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock. |
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