tobacco leaves

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• Tobacco water — or tobacco dust juice is a traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening. In The English Physician Enlarged of 1681, Nicholas Culpeper recommends tobacco juice to kill lice on children s heads, referencing it as an insecticide poison …   Wikipedia

• tobacco — (n.) 1580s, from Sp. tabaco, in part from an Arawakan (probably Taino) language of the Caribbean, said to mean a roll of tobacco leaves (according to Las Casas, 1552) or a kind of pipe for smoking tobacco (according to Oviedo, 1535). Scholars of… …   Etymology dictionary

• Tobacco — For the plant genus, see Nicotiana. For the American electronic musician, see Tobacco (musician). Not to be confused with Tabacco. Part of a series on …   Wikipedia

• Tobacco smoking — Part of a series on Smoking …   Wikipedia

• Tobacco products — After the agricultural product, tobacco, has been processed. It can produce a number of products. Consumable Chewing tobacco Chewing is one of the oldest ways of consuming tobacco leaves. Native Americans in both North and South America chewed… …   Wikipedia

• tobacco — noun (plural cos) Etymology: Spanish tabaco, probably from Taino, roll of tobacco leaves Date: circa 1565 1. any of a genus (Nicotiana) of chiefly American plants of the nightshade family with viscid foliage and tubular flowers; especially a tall …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 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… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Tobacco industry — The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco related products. It is a global industry; tobacco can grow in any warm,… …   Wikipedia

• tobacco — to·bac·co || tÉ™ bækəʊ n. any of a number of plants having large leaves that are chewed or smoked leaves of the tobacco plant; products made from tobacco leaves …   English contemporary dictionary

• tobacco — to|bac|co [təˈbækəu US kou] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Spanish; Origin: tabaco, probably from Taino, tobacco leaves rolled up and smoked ] 1.) the dried brown leaves that are smoked in cigarettes, pipes etc 2.) the plant that produces these leaves …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tobacco — [16] Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas, and that is where its name came from too. It originated in a Carib word, and reached English via Spanish and Portuguese tabaco. What precisely the Carib word meant, however, is a matter of… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins