Complete Definition of "tobacco"

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

Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun|pl1tobaccos|pl2tobaccoes

  1. any plant of the genus Nicotiana
  2. 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.

Translations
trans-top|any plant of the genus Nicotiana
Catalan: tabac m
Czech: tabák m
Dutch: tabaksplant
Esperanto: tabako
Finnish: tupakka, tupakkakasvi
German: Tabak m
Greek: καπνός (kapnós) m, νικοτιανή (nikotianí) f
Italian: tabacco m
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Portuguese: tabaco m
Spanish: tabaco m
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trans-top|leaves of certain varieties of tobacco plant
Arabic: ARchar|تبغ (tibğ) m
Albanian: duhan m
Catalan: tabac m
Chinese: 烟草 (yāncǎo); 烟叶, 烟葉 (yānyè); 菸草 (yāncǎo)
Croatian: duhan m
Czech: tabák m
Dutch: tabak m
Esperanto: tabako
Finnish: tupakka
French: tabac m
Frisian: tabak
German: Tabak m
Greek: καπνός (kapnós) m, ταμπάκος (tabákos) m
Guajá: mɨtɨ́
Guarani: petỹ
Hausa: antusko, asara
Hungarian: dohány
Icelandic: tóbak
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Isthmus Zapotec: gueza
Italian: tabacco m
Japanese: タバコ, 煙草 (たばこ, tabako)
Korean: ë‹´ë°° (dambae)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|توتن|trtootin|scKUchar
Maléku Jaíka: túa
Pirahã: tíhi
Polish: tytoń m
Portuguese: tabaco m
Romanian: tutun m|f
Russian: табак (tabák) m
Spanish: tabaco m
Swedish: tobak
Taino: tabacu'
Telugu: పొగాకు (pogaaku)
Turkish: tütün
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See also
baccy, backy
chop chop
smoke

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Category:Plants

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