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noun

tobacco

tuh-BAK-oh/təˈbækəʊ/

A plant cultivated for nicotine-containing leaves.

The cured tobacco leaves lie beside finely shredded material from the same plant.

A small bundle of cured tobacco leaves beside a shallow, unmarked dish of finely shredded dried tobacco, showing the prepared material rather than its use.
Etymology
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Spanish tabaco is traced partly to a Caribbean Arawakan language, probably Taino. Early accounts interpret the native term as a roll of tobacco leaves or a smoking pipe; scholars favor the roll, linking the name to prepared leaves.

In context

Gundry MD6:03
the tobacco leaf. Of course, you know, the ingestion of smoke from tobacco products can cause major diseases
Hidden Dangers of Nightshade Vegetables

More examples

  • Young tobacco plants need regular watering.
  • This variety of tobacco produces broad, sticky leaves.
  • Workers harvest the tobacco when its leaves begin to yellow.

Forms

tobacco · tobaccos