coyote tobacco

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From coyote +‎ tobacco. Probably named after Coyote as a personified figure in American Indian mythology.

Noun[edit]

coyote tobacco (usually uncountable, plural coyote tobaccos or coyote tobaccoes)

  1. (Western US) Any of several native species of tobacco (genus Nicotiana) which were used by American Indians in the area before the coming of Europeans.
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