Meaning of tobacco | Babel Free

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1. Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
   uncountable
2. Any plant of the genus Nicotiana
3. Two rivers in Michigan, United States.
4. (a type of plant that has) leaves that are dried and used for smoking in pipes, cigarettes, cigars etc, or as snuff. Tobacco is bad for your health. tabak تبْغ، دُخان тютюн tabaco tabák der Tabak tobak καπνόςtabaco tubakas توتون tupakka tabacטבק तम्बाकू duhan dohány tembakau tóbak tabacco 煙草の葉 담배 tabakas tabaka tembakau tabaktytoń تمباكو، تماكو: دخانيات دتمباكو څخه جوړ شوى شيان tabaco tutun табак tobak duvan tobak ยาสูบ tütün 煙葉，煙草 тютюн تمباکو thuốc lá 烟叶，烟草
5. Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
   uncountable
6. Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing
7. A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, probably named after one of the rivers.
8. a person who sells tobacco, cigarettes etc. tabakverkoper بائِع السَّجائِر продавач на тютюневи изделия vendedor de tabaco trafikant, -ka der/die Tabakhändler(in) tobakshandler καπνοπώληςestanquero tubakapoodnik سیگار فروش tupakkakauppias marchand/-ande de tabac מוֹכֵר טַבָּק तम्बाकू पीने वाला prodavač duhanskih proizvoda trafik(os) penjual tembakau tóbakssali tabaccaio 煙草屋 담배 가계 tabako pardavėjas tabakas izstrādājumu pārdevējs penjual barang-barang tembakau tabakshandelaar tobakkshandler spr...
   etc
9. A variety of tobacco.
   countable
10. A variety of tobacco
11. tabacco, planta americana de la Nicotiana tabacum cuyas hojas preparadas contienen nicotina, sustancia tóxica perjudicial a la salud;___ smoke pollution → contaminación por humo de ___;
12. To indulge in tobacco; to smoke
13. The tropical American plant Nicotiana tabacum of the nightshade family, widely cultivated for its leaves, which are used primarily for smoking.
    Nicotiana tabacum
14. To treat with tobacco
15. Any of various other plants of the genus Nicotiana.
16. Products made from these plants.
17. The habit of smoking tobacco: I gave up tobacco.
18. (Plants) any of numerous solanaceous plants of the genus Nicotiana, having mildly narcotic properties, tapering hairy leaves, and tubular or funnel-shaped fragrant flowers. The species N. tabacum is cultivated as the chief source of commercial tobacco
    Nicotiana,
19. (Recreational Drugs) the leaves of certain of these plants dried and prepared for snuff, chewing, or smoking
20. any plant of the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, esp. any of the species, as N. tabacum, whose leaves are prepared for smoking or chewing or as snuff.
    Nicotiana,

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Examples

“Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination.”

“Tobacco-settlement bonds are a tribute both to the inventiveness of bankers and the childlike impatience of politicians.”

“City councilors in Newton have approved a generational ban on tobacco and e-cigarette sales in the city that will prohibit purchases by anyone born after March 1, 2004, joining a growing number of Massachusetts communities that have passed measures to curb tobacco use among young people.”

“Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars.”

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