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tobacco

(Encyclopedia) tobacco, name for any plant of the genus Nicotiana of the Solanaceae family (nightshade family) and for the product manufactured from the leaf and used in cigars and cigarettes, snuff…

Brewer's: Quid of Tobacco

A corruption of cud (a morsel). We still say “chew the cud.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Quid pro QuoQuid Libet A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Cavendish Tobacco

An American brand of chewing or smoking tobacco, prepared for use by softening, sweetening with molasses, and pressing into plugs. Called “Cavendish” from the original manufacturer.…

Indian tobacco

(Encyclopedia) Indian tobacco, name for several plants, among them lobelia.

Tobacco Nation

(Encyclopedia) Tobacco Nation or Tionontati, Native North Americans of the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In 1616, when visited by the French,…

cigar and cigarette

(Encyclopedia) cigar and cigarette, tubular rolls of tobacco designed for smoking. Cigars consist of filler leaves held together by binder leaves and covered with a wrapper leaf, which is rolled…

smoking

(Encyclopedia) smoking, inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco in cigars and cigarettes and pipes; in the 21st cent., vaping, the similar use of e-cigarettes, also has become…

Wilson

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, city (1990 pop. 36,930), seat of Wilson co., E N.C., in a rich agricultural region; inc. 1849. It is a commercial and industrial center with a large tobacco market. There is…

Kumanovo

(Encyclopedia) KumanovoKumanovok&oomacr;ˈmänôvô [key], town (1994 pop. 94,589), North Macedonia. Located in the center of a tobacco-growing region, its major industries are tobacco processing and…