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tobacco

to·bacco

UK/təˈbækəʊ/ US/təˈbakəw/ fairly common

noun

1.

leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

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2.

aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs

Origin

Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).

Phrases

  • Aztec tobacco
  • big tobacco
  • California rabbit tobacco
  • chewing tobacco
  • chop chop
  • coyote tobacco
  • green tobacco sickness
  • heated tobacco
  • Indian tobacco

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