Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tobacco
Tobacco
tobacco
n. (pl. -os) 1 (in full tobacco-plant) any plant of the genus Nicotiana, of American origin, with narcotic leaves used for smoking, chewing, or snuff. 2 its leaves, esp. as prepared for smoking. Phrases and idioms tobacco mosaic virus a virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco, much used in biochemical research. tobacco-pipe see PIPE n. 2. tobacco-stopper an instrument for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe. Etymology: Sp. tabaco, of Amer. Ind. orig.
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noun (plural -cos) Etymology: Spanish tabaco, probably from Taino, roll of ~ leaves Date: circa 1565 any of a genus (Nicotiana) of chiefly American plants of the nightshade family with viscid foliage and tubular flowers, the leaves of cultivated ~ prepared for use in smoking or chewing or as snuff, manufactured products of ~ (as cigars or cigarettes), a moderate brown ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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