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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,

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.