HyperDic: tobacco

English > 2 senses of the word *tobacco*:
NOUN	artifact	tobacco, baccy	leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
NOUN	plant	tobacco, tobacco plant	aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs

tobacco > pronunciation
Sounds	tahbae'kow.
Rhymes	Acapulco ... zydeco: 56 rhymes with kow...

English > *tobacco*: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
Synonym	baccy
Narrower	Turkish tobacco	A dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in cigarettes
	filler	The tobacco used to form the core of a cigar
	roll of tobacco, smoke	tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
	shag	A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
	smoking mixture	A blend of tobaccos to be smoked in a pipe
	snuff	finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
Broader	drug of abuse, street drug	A drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects)
Broader	plant product	A product made from plant material
Substances	common tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum	tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers
Substances	nicotine	An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco
Spanish	tabaco
Catalan	tabac
Nouns	tobacconist	a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes
Nouns	tobacconist	a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles

English > *tobacco*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs.
Synonym	tobacco plant
Member of	Nicotiana, genus Nicotiana	American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage
Narrower	common tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum	tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers
	flowering tobacco, Jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana alata	South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
	tree tobacco, mustard tree, Nicotiana glauca	evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States
	wild tobacco, Indian tobacco, Nicotiana rustica	tobacco plant of South America and Mexico
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	tabaco
Catalan	tabac

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