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Tobacco plant

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Etymology

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Attested since 1588, borrowed fromSpanishtabaco. The Spanish word could be fromArabicطُبَّاق(ṭubbāq,“Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such asKari'na orTaíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves"[1] or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such astabago(“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).[2]

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Noun

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tobacco (countable anduncountable,pluraltobaccosortobaccoes)

  1. (uncountable) Any plant of the genusNicotiana.
  2. (uncountable) Leaves ofNicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to makecigarettes,cigars,snuff, for smoking inpipes or forchewing.
    • 2013 September 7, “Unlucky strike”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8852:
      Tobacco-settlement bonds are a tribute both to the inventiveness of bankers and the childlike impatience of politicians.
  3. (countable) A variety of tobacco.
    Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars.

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Descendants

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Translations

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any plant of the genusNicotiana
leaves of certain varieties of tobacco plant
variety

Verb

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tobacco (third-person singular simple presenttobaccos,present participletobaccoing,simple past and past participletobaccoed)

  1. (intransitive) To indulge in tobacco; tosmoke.
  2. (transitive) Totreat with tobacco.
    • 1918,Tropical Diseases Bulletin, volume12, page412:
      The most satisfactory method oftobaccoing houses is that of stitching the leaves on to a piece of cloth like a strip of matting, which is then laid on the floor. Powdered tobacco should be introduced into rat holes, which can then be firmly closed up with bricks and mortar. Experiments carried out in the City of Hyderabad seem to have been very satisfactory.

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References

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  1. ^Bartolomé de las Casas, 1552 (supports the gloss "roll of tobacco leaves")
  2. ^Oviedo, 1535 (supports the gloss "pipe for smoking")

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