tobacco
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2.8
- noun
- /təˈbækoʊ/
- Specialized
:
planta de tabaco
- Farmers in North Carolina grow tobacco as a cash crop for its aromatic leaves.
- tobacco plant
- tobacco leaves
- grow tobacco
And then after the war we moved back to Georgia on a three move farm, tobacco and cotton, hard work.
- And then after the war we moved back to Georgia on a three move farm, tobacco and cotton, hard work.
- She grew up working at tobacco field because they basically brought in foster kids to work their farm.
- But here we're talking about one molecule, nicotine found in plants like tomatoes and potatoes and the tobacco plant.
- So we use tobacco as a gift from Great Mystery and the mother as our first medicine to call Spirit and to send Spirit.
- I wanted a farm in the grow tobacco and cotton corn.
Examples
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After the harvest, the tobacco leaves are dried in barns before being sold.
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You and me can grow us some tobacco.
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And my grandmother was raised on a tobacco farm, very poor.
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We are about two hours into the drive and our driver just pulled over onto this tobacco plantation.
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Before 1960, farmers pulled each individual leaf from the tobacco plant when it became ripe.
Academic text (2011) -
The farmer harvests entire plants, impales them on tobacco sticks, and hangs them in the barn.
Academic text (2011) -
Tobacco is processed into products like cigarettes and cigars for commercial use.
Synonyms
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3.4
A plant grown for its leaves that are dried and made into cigarettes or cigars
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9.6
A group of scented herbs and shrubs, including tobacco, with sticky leaves
A tall South American plant with large leaves grown for cigarettes and cigars
A tall South American plant grown for its large leaves used to make cigarettes and cigars
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.4
A plant grown for its leaves that are dried and made into cigarettes or cigars
A tall South American plant grown for its large leaves used to make cigarettes and cigars
A wild North American plant with small blue flowers and puffy seed pods once used in medicine
- Archaic
An old clay pipe with a long stem for smoking, often from 17th or 18th century England
- Specialized
A disease caused by a virus that makes plant leaves show yellow patches, often in tobacco plants
- Specialized
A virus that infects tobacco and other plants, making leaves show light and dark patches
- Specialized
A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tobacco and similar plants
- Specialized
A disease caused by bacteria that makes tobacco, tomato, and potato leaves wilt and turn yellow
- US
A fast growing evergreen shrub with yellow tube-shaped flowers that can poison livestock
A dark, strong-smelling tobacco from eastern Europe used in cigarettes and pipes
- US
A wild plant from South America and Mexico with leaves used for smoking and not usually grown for sale
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tobacco comes from the Taíno word tabaco, which meant a 'pipe' or a 'roll of leaves' used for smoking. So the plant that gives those scented leaves is also called tobacco.