noun
tobacco plant of South America and Mexico
• Syn: ↑Indian tobacco, ↑Nicotiana rustica
• Hypernyms: ↑tobacco, ↑tobacco plant
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noun1. : any of several plants of the genus Nicotiana: as
a. : a shrubby poisonous So. American herb (N. glauca) widely naturalized — called also marijuana, tree tobacco
b. : an herb (N. rustica) of eastern No. America formerly cultivated by the Indians
2. : a tropical shrub (Solanum verbascifolium) with white flowers and yellow fruit
3. : a tropical American herb (Pluchea odorata) with aromatic foliage and pink flowers; 4 : indian tobacco 1
Useful english dictionary. 2012.