OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7299

tobacco

/təˈbæk.əʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tabaco
Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
tabaco
Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
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.