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Tobacco

An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.

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Filler 76% connected

One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.

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Shag 76% connected

Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

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Smoke 76% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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Snuff 76% connected

The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Nicotine 70% connected

An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste.…

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