What does tobacco mean?
Definitions for tobacco
təˈbæk oʊto·bac·co
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Princeton's WordNet
tobacco, baccynoun
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
tobacco, tobacco plantnoun
aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
Wiktionary
tobacconoun
any plant of the genus Nicotiana
tobacconoun
leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
tobacconoun
a variety of tobacco
Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
TOBACCOnoun
The flower of the tobacco consists of one leaf, is funnel-shaped, and divided at the top into five deep segments, which expand like a star; the ovary becomes an oblong roundish membranaceous fruit, which is divided into two cells by an intermediate partition, and is filled with small roundish seeds. Philip Miller
Etymology: from Tobaco or Tobago in America.
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Figure, that’s like a tobacco-stopper. Hudibras, p. ii.Bread or tobacco may be neglected; but reason at first recommends their trial, and custom makes them pleasant. John Locke.
Salts are to be drained out of the clay by water, before it be fit for the making tobacco-pipes or bricks. John Woodward.
Webster Dictionary
Tobacconoun
an American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste
Tobacconoun
the leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways
Freebase
Tobacco
Tobacco is a product processed from the dried leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be used as a pesticide, and extracts form ingredients of some medicines, but is most commonly consumed as a drug. Tobacco is a name for any plant of the genus Nicotiana of the Solanaceae family and for the product manufactured from the leaf used in cigars and cigarettes, snuff, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and flavored shisha. Tobacco plants are also used in plant bioengineering, and some of the more than 70 species are grown as ornamentals. The chief commercial species, N. tabacum, is believed native to tropical America, like most nicotiana plants, but has been so long cultivated that it is no longer known in the wild. N. rustica, a species producing fast-burning leaves, was the tobacco originally raised in Virginia, but it is now grown chiefly in Turkey, India, and Russia. The addictive alkaloid nicotine is popularly considered the most characteristic constituent of tobacco but the harmful effects of tobacco consumption can also derive from the thousands of different compounds generated in the smoke, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, formaldehyde, cadmium, nickel, arsenic, tobacco-specific nitrosamines, phenols, and many others. Tobacco also contains beta-carboline alkaloids which inhibit monoamine oxidase.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tobacco
to-bak′ō, n. a plant of genus Nicotiana, order Solanaceæ, esp. one of several species, the most generally cultivated being the stately Nicotiana Tabacum, a native of America—the dried leaves used for the sedative effects for smoking in pipes, &c., and also in the form of snuff.—ns. Tobaccanā′lian, a smoker; Tobacc′o-heart, a functional disorder of the heart, due to excessive use of tobacco; Tobacc′onist, one who sells or manufactures tobacco; Tobacc′o-pipe, a pipe used for smoking tobacco; Tobacc′o-pouch, a small pouch for holding tobacco; Tobacc′o-stop′per, an instrument for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe. [Through Sp. tabaco, from the Haytian.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Tobacco
A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain NICOTINE and other biologically active chemicals; its dried leaves are used for SMOKING.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
TOBACCO
A nauseating plant that is consumed by but two creatures; a large, green worm and--man. The worm doesn't know any better.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
tobacco
Has been supplied for the use of the ships' companies in the royal navy from the 1st January, 1799.
Editors Contribution
tobacco
Tabako- Tagalog term for Tobacco plant.Leafy plant that is commonly used in smoking.Linguists are still searching for other possible etymology for Tobacco and one possible source is Tagalog of Austronesian Language.
Usok ng Tabako ay kainam hithitin.( smoke of tobacco leaves is excellent for smoking)
Submitted by JP03 on January 27, 2015
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Etymology and Origins
Tobacco
From tobaco, the inhaling tube of the North American Indians. By the Spaniards alone has the original spelling of the name, now given universally to the fragrant weed itself, been preserved.
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Rank popularity for the word 'tobacco' in Nouns Frequency: #2305
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tobacco in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tobacco in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of tobacco in a Sentence
Raising the minimum age as part of our comprehensive tobacco control efforts will help reduce tobacco use among our youth and increase the likelihood that our keiki( children) will grow up to be tobacco-free.
We were driving down the road, I'm in the turret, Shia is at the other turret, and Scott Eastwood is on the back spitting [ chewing tobacco ], and I'm starting to get pissed off, I'm starting to get hot, because this is our home, he's disrespecting our home, you know ?
Currently there is about 4.6 million students who report using any form of tobacco, about 2.5 million of those are e-cigarette users.
Young people just don't understand that a little cigar is just as dangerous as a regular cigarette, it's very concerning and really, really dangerous. ... We know for sure that combustible tobacco will kill you.
The skyrocketing growth of young people's e-cigarette use over the past year threatens to erase progress made in reducing youth tobacco use. It's putting a new generation at risk for nicotine addiction.
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- tabakAfrikaans
- ትምባሆAmharic
- تبغArabic
- tütün, tənbəkiAzerbaijani
- тәмәкеBashkir
- тытуньBelarusian
- тютюнBulgarian
- তামাকBengali
- tabacCatalan, Valencian
- tabákCzech
- tobakDanish
- Tabakpflanze, TabakGerman
- νικοτιανή, καπνόςGreek
- tabakoEsperanto
- tabacoSpanish
- tubakasEstonian
- تنباکوPersian
- tupakka, tupakkakasviFinnish
- tubbakFaroese
- tabacFrench
- tabakWestern Frisian
- tobacIrish
- tombacaScottish Gaelic
- tabacoGalician
- petỹGuaraní
- તમાકુGujarati
- asara, antuskoHausa
- טבקHebrew
- तम्बाकू, तंबाकूHindi
- dohányHungarian
- ծխախոտ, ծխախոտաբույսArmenian
- tembakauIndonesian
- tóbakIcelandic
- tabaccoItalian
- 煙草, タバコJapanese
- თამბაქოGeorgian
- темекіKazakh
- ថ្នាំជក់Khmer
- ತಂಬಾಕುKannada
- 담배, 煙草, 연초Korean
- توتنKurdish
- тамекиKyrgyz
- tabacumLatin
- TubakLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຢາສູບLao
- tabakasLithuanian
- tabakaLatvian
- kisoka, tabaka, parakyMalagasy
- tōrori, tupekaMāori
- тутунMacedonian
- പുകയിലMalayalam
- тамхиMongolian
- tembakauMalay
- tabakkMaltese
- ဆေးBurmese
- tabak, tabaksplantDutch
- tobakkNorwegian
- nátʼohNavajo, Navaho
- tytoń, tabakaPolish
- tabacoPortuguese
- tutun, tabacRomanian
- табакRussian
- духан, duvan, duhan, дуванSerbo-Croatian
- tabakSlovak
- tobakSlovene
- duhanAlbanian
- tobakSwedish
- mtumbako, hamamu, tumbako, tobaccosSwahili
- புகையிலைTamil
- పొగాకుTelugu
- ยาสูบThai
- temmäkiTurkmen
- tabakoTagalog
- tütünTurkish
- төтенTatar
- тютюнUkrainian
- تمباکوUrdu
- tamakiUzbek
- thuốc láVietnamese
- טאַבאַקYiddish
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