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tobacco
[ tuh-bak-oh ]
noun
- any of several plants belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one of those species, as N. tabacum, whose leaves are prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff.
- the prepared leaves, as used in cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.
- any product or products made from such leaves.
- any of various similar plants of other genera.
tobacco
/ təˈbækəʊ /
noun
- any of numerous solanaceous plants of the genus Nicotiana, having mildly narcotic properties, tapering hairy leaves, and tubular or funnel-shaped fragrant flowers. The species N. tabacum is cultivated as the chief source of commercial tobacco
- the leaves of certain of these plants dried and prepared for snuff, chewing, or smoking
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Derived Forms
- toˈbaccoless, adjective
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Other Words From
- to·bacco·less adjective
- anti·to·bacco adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tobacco1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tobacco1
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Example Sentences
Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
You spice it with blues and skiffle music, and pickle it in alcohol and tobacco smoke.
They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
In the dense atmosphere of tobacco and conspiracy, one hot topic has been the death penalty.
My grandfather lived fast and large—he liked his liquor and his tobacco, and he was also an ace gambler.
The segments of the corolla are pointed but on some varieties unequal, particularly that of Shiraz tobacco.
Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.
Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.
Botanists have enumerated between forty and fifty varieties of the tobacco plant who class them all among the narcotic poisons.
European tobacco is lacking in flavor and is less powerful than the tobacco of America.
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