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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

  • (..) Come on, let's go in and poke somebody in the nose. - Why? - Ah, just for the fun of it. Okay, Lampy. Tobacco Road. Tobacco Road. Get your cigars, cigarettes and chewin' tobacco. Come in and smoke your heads off. There's nobody here to stop you. Pinocchio! l gotta get him outta here. (..)
    1940 Pinocchio