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COMMON TOBACCO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common tobacco mean? 

COMMON TOBACCO (noun)
  The noun COMMON TOBACCO has 1 sense:

1. tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leavesplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON TOBACCO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON TOBACCO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common tobacco; Nicotiana tabacum

Hypernyms ("common tobacco" is a kind of...):

tobacco; tobacco plant (aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs)

Holonyms ("common tobacco" is a substance of...):

baccy; tobacco (leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion)


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