noun
tobacco
tuh-BA-koh
noun
1
A plant of the genus Nicotiana, grown for its leaves.
"Farmers in the region have grown tobacco for generations."
2
The cured leaves of the tobacco plant, used in cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.
"He rolled his own cigarettes using loose tobacco."
How to Use Tobacco
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe plant, or its dried leaves, used to make cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco.
Common pairings
chewing tobacco
tobacco leaf
tobacco industry
Word Forms
tobaccoed past tense, tobaccos plural, tobaccoes plural, tobaccos singular
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Etymology
Recorded in English from 1588, borrowed via Spanish tabaco, itself likely from a Caribbean language word for a pipe or roll used for smoking.