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  1. tobacco
    [n] - aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs 2. [n] - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=tobacco

  2. Tobacco
    Tobacco: A South American herb, formally known as Nicotiana tabacum, whose leaves contain 2-8% nicotine and serve as the source of smoking and smokeless tobacco. Nicotiana tabacum belongs to the nightshade family, which also includes potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant and red peppers. All contain nicotine...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=13294

  3. Tobacco
    To·bac'co noun [ Spanish tabaco , from the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco , a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spani...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/64

  4. tobacco
    1. <botany> An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste. ... The name is extended to other species of the genus, a...
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  5. tobacco
    baccy noun leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tobacco

  6. tobacco
    tobacco plant noun aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
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  7. Tobacco
    Trussed tobacco played the role of money in the region of the pacific islands until the twentieth century. In America, especially Maryland, tobacco money was even legal tender.
    Found op http://www.austrian-mint.com/5

  8. tobacco
    (tә-bak´o) the dried prepared leaves of Nicotiana tabacum, an annual plant widely cultivated in the United States, the source of various alkaloids, the principal one being nicotine. See also smoking and nicotine poisoning.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Tobacco
    • (n.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste. • (n.) The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewi...
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  10. tobacco
    common name of the plant Nicotiana tabacum and, to a limited extent, N. rustica and the cured leaf that is used, usually after aging and processing ... [32 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/56



  1. Tobacco
    Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines. It is most commonly used as a recreational drug, and is a valuable cash crop for countries such as Cu...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco

  2. Tobacco
    The dried, prepared leaves of the tobacco plant that contain nicotine. Tobacco smoke is a hazard for smokers and exposed nonsmokers, including the fetus. Tobacco related complications during pregnancy can include low birth weight of the fetus, reduced placental blood flow, fetal breathing complicati...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/T/3

  3. tobacco
    tobacco, name for any plant of the genus Nicotiana of the Solanaceae family (nightshade family) and for the product manufactured from the leaf and used in cigars and cigarettes, snuff, and pipe and chewing tobacco. Tobacco plants are also used in plant bioengineering, and some of the 60 species are ...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0848921.html

  4. Tobacco
    Tobacco is the name given to the leaves of those varieties of the Nicotiana which are prepared in different forms for use as a narcotic. It is generally manufactured for smoking, but also for chewing and as snuth.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BT.HTM

  5. tobacco
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tō-bak′ō Definitions: 1. An herb of South American origin, Nicotiana tabacum, which has large ovate to lanceolate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers. Tobacco leaves contain 2-8% of nicotine and are the source of smoking and chewing...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=92308

  6. tobacco
    Click images to enlargeAny of a group of large-leaved plants belonging to the nightshade family, native to tropical parts of the Americas. The species Nicotiana tabacum is widely cultivated in warm, dry climates for use in cigars and cigarettes, and in powdered form as snuff. (Genus
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0014459.html

  7. tobacco
    A plant with leaves that have high levels of the addictive chemical nicotine. The leaves may be smoked (in cigarettes, cigars, and pipes), applied to the gums (as dipping and chewing tobacco), or inhaled (as snuff). Tobacco leaves also contain many cancer-causing chemicals, and tobacco use and expos...
    Found op http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=T

  8. Tobacco
    [musician] Thomas Fec, better known by the alias Tobacco, is an American electronic musician. He is the frontman of the band Black Moth Super Rainbow, in addition to working as a solo artist; in both settings he works most conspicuously with pre-digital electronic instruments such as analog ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_(musician)

  9. Tobacco
    [film] Tobacco (Тютюн, Tyutyun) is a 1962 Bulgarian drama film directed by Nikola Korabov. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. The film was based on Dimitar Dimov`s best-selling novel Tobacco. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_(film)

  10. tobacco
    1) Baccy 2) Crop with a powerful washington lobby 3) Drug of abuse 4) It goes up in smoke 5) Jamestown crop 6) Large leaved solanaceae plant of the genus nicotiana 7) Nightshade family member 8) Plant product 9) Popular vice 10) P...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tobacco/1

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