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tobacco /to·bac·co/ (tah-bak´o)

1. any of various plants of the genus Nicotiana, especially N. tabacum.

2. the dried prepared leaves of N. tabacum, the source of various alkaloids, principally nicotine; it is sedative and narcotic, emetic and diuretic, antispasmodic, and a cardiac depressant.

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mountain tobacco  arnica.

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tobacco

[təbak′ō]

Etymology: Sp, tabaco

a plant whose leaves are dried and used for smoking and chewing, and in snuff. See also nicotine.

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tobacco [tah-bak´o]

the dried prepared leaves of Nicotiana tabacum, an annual plant widely cultivated in the United States, the source of various alkaloids, the principal one being nicotine. See also smoking and nicotine poisoning.

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tobacco,

n Latin name:
Nicotiana tabacum; part used: leaves; uses: relaxant, antispasmodic; induce dissolving action, diuretic, induction of vomiting, expectorant, pain, seda-tive, promotion of flow of saliva, rheumatism, skin conditions, scorpion stings, nausea, motion sickness, hemorrhoids; precautions: may be highly addictive; may cause nausea, vomiting, sweating, palpitations; may be toxic. Also called
cultivated tobacco, herbe à la reine, jen ts'ao, nicoziana, punche, tabac, tabac mannoque, tabaco, tabak, tabigh, tan pa ku, tanigh, toubac, tutun, yen ken, yen ts'ao, and
yu ts'ao.

tobacco, mountain,

n Latin name:
Arnica montana; parts used: flower heads and root stock; uses: helps heal bruises, sprains, surface wounds, and arthritis; precautions: blistering, inflammation, irritant to the stomach and intestines. Also called
leopard's bane and
wolfsbane.

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tobacco

the dried prepared leaves of nicotianatabacum, an annual plant widely cultivated which is the source of various alkaloids, the principal one being nicotine, a potent poison. Small animals ingesting cigarettes can be poisoned.

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tobacco

Public health Any product prepared from the dried leaves of Nicotiana tabacum, rich in the addictive alkaloid, nictoine Tobacco mortality–US ±425K/yr; cardiovascular deaths ±180K/yr; lung CA deaths ±120K/yr; 2^nd-hand smoke deaths 9K/yr. See Black tobacco, Blonde tobacco, Environmental tobacco smoke, Nicotine, Smokeless tobacco, Smoking.