tobacco : Idioms & Phrases


bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms

  • noun the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
    ATF.
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common tobacco

  • noun tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves
    Nicotiana tabacum.
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flowering tobacco

  • noun South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
    Nicotiana alata; flowering tobacco.
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Indian tobacco

  • noun tobacco plant of South America and Mexico
    Nicotiana rustica; Indian tobacco.
  • noun North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic
    bladderpod; Lobelia inflata.
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  • (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See Lobelia.
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jasmine tobacco

  • noun South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
    Nicotiana alata; flowering tobacco.
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ladies' tobacco

  • noun North American perennial propagated by means of runners
    ladies' tobacco; Antennaria plantaginifolia.
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lady's tobacco

  • noun North American perennial propagated by means of runners
    ladies' tobacco; Antennaria plantaginifolia.
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Mountain tobacco

  • (Bot.), a composite plant (Arnica montana) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
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roll of tobacco

  • noun tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
    smoke.
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Tobacco box

  • (Zoöl.), the common American skate.
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tobacco budworm

  • noun larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
    corn earworm; cotton bollworm; tomato fruitworm; Heliothis zia; vetchworm.
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Tobacco camphor

  • . (Chem.) See Nicotianine.
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tobacco hornworm

  • noun large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
    tomato worm; Manduca sexta.
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tobacco industry

  • noun an industry that manufactures and sells products containing tobacco
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tobacco juice

  • noun saliva colored brown by tobacco (snuff or chewing tobacco)
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Tobacco man

  • a tobacconist. R.
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tobacco mildew

  • noun fungus causing a downy mildew on growing tobacco
    Peronospora hyoscyami.
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tobacco mosaic

  • noun a plant disease causing discoloration of the leaves of tobacco plants
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tobacco mosaic virus

  • noun the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)
    TMV.
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tobacco moth

  • noun small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products
    cacao moth; Ephestia elutella.
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Tobacco pipe

  • noun a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
    pipe.
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  • . (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian.
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tobacco plant

  • noun aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
    tobacco.
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tobacco pouch

  • noun a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
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tobacco shop

  • noun a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes
    tobacconist; tobacconist shop.
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Tobacco stopper

  • a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked.
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tobacco thrips

  • noun injurious to growing tobacco and peanuts
    Frankliniella fusca.
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tobacco user

  • noun a person who smokes tobacco
    smoker.
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tobacco wilt

  • noun disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum
    ring rot; ring disease.
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Tobacco worm

  • (Zoöl.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, ∨ Phlegethontius, Carolina). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of Hawk moth.
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Tobacco-pipe clay

  • (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; called also cimolite.
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Tobacco-pipe fish

  • . (Zoöl.) See Pipemouth.
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tree tobacco

  • noun evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock
    mustard tree; Nicotiana glauca.
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turkish tobacco

  • noun a dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in cigarettes
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wild tobacco

  • noun tobacco plant of South America and Mexico
    Nicotiana rustica; Indian tobacco.
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