tobacco

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic طباق (ʈabāq, ʈubāq) and Spanish tabaco.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ækəʊ

[edit] Noun

tobacco (countable and uncountable; plural tobaccos)

1. (uncountable) any plant of the genus Nicotiana
2. (uncountable) leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
3. (countable) a variety of tobacco

   Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars.

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• baccy, backy
• chop chop
• smoke