tobacco plant
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- noun
- /təˈbækoʊ plænt/
- Specialized
:
planta de tabaco
- Before 1960, farmers pulled each individual leaf from the tobacco plant when it became ripe.
Examples
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But if the tobacco plant contracts tobacco mosaic virus, that is the host that can then transmit that to the tomato plant.
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Farmers carefully cultivate the tobacco plant for its aromatic leaves that are harvested for smoking products.
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For example, my 'star' tobacco plant is beginning to flower.
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Why does splitworm damage begin at the bottom of tobacco plants?
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Tobacco plants do not like to grow inside, no matter how much sun you can get to them (even aided with grow bulbs).
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Leland heard screams on a muggy June afternoon as he bent among tobacco plants to pick the green worms, so fat and soft they squashed under their own weight when thrown to the ground.
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The flowers of the tobacco plant attract various pollinators during the summer months.
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Each year, many gardeners choose to grow a tobacco plant in their vegetable patches due to its unique foliage.
Synonyms
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A plant with large leaves grown for smoking or chewing
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A group of scented herbs and shrubs, including tobacco, with sticky leaves
A tall South American plant grown for its large leaves used to make cigarettes and cigars
A tall South American plant with large leaves grown for cigarettes and cigars
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional combination: 'tobacco' (the crop) + 'plant' (a living organism) yields a plant that is tobacco, so a learner who knows both words can infer the meaning. Although the example mentions a specialized biotechnology use, that pragmatic extension does not change the transparent, literal composition of the noun phrase.
Etymology
Tobacco plant is a leafy plant that farmers grow for its large leaves, which are dried and made into tobacco for cigarettes and cigars. That's why the name points to the plant used to make 'tobacco'.