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tobacco

Definition

  • noun: a plant that produces leaves which are smoked in cigarettes, pipes, etc.
  • noun: any of a genus ('Nicotiana') of chiefly American plants of the nightshade family with viscid foliage and tubular flowers
  • synonyms: nicotiana, nicotian, weed

Examples

  • a farm that grows 'tobacco'

  • a state tax on 'tobacco'

  • chewing/pipe 'tobacco'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) So you have to send a barrage of ''here''s after them. ''Come here, come here, come here, come here, come here! Here!'' Sound like a tobacco auctioneer. (rapidly) Sit down, sit down, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself