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INDIAN TOBACCO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian tobacco mean?
• INDIAN TOBACCO (noun)
The noun INDIAN TOBACCO has 2 senses:
1. tobacco plant of South America and Mexico
2. North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic
Familiarity information: INDIAN TOBACCO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tobacco plant of South America and Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Indian tobacco; Nicotiana rustica; wild tobacco
Hypernyms ("Indian tobacco" is a kind of...):
tobacco; tobacco plant (aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bladderpod; Indian tobacco; Lobelia inflata
Hypernyms ("Indian tobacco" is a kind of...):
lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)
Context examples
A substance that comes from a plant known as Indian tobacco, which is different from the tobacco used to make smoking products.
(Lobeline, NCI Dictionary)
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