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countable and uncountable, plural tobaccos or tobaccoes
(uncountable) Any plant of the genus Nicotiana. examples
(uncountable) Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing. quotations examples
Tobacco-settlement bonds are a tribute both to the inventiveness of bankers and the childlike impatience of politicians.
2013 September 7, “Unlucky strike”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852
(countable) A variety of tobacco. examples
third-person singular simple present tobaccos, present participle tobaccoing, simple past and past participle tobaccoed
(intransitive) To indulge in tobacco; to smoke. examples
(transitive) To treat with tobacco. quotations examples
The most satisfactory method of tobaccoing houses is that of stitching the leaves on to a piece of cloth like a strip of matting, which is then laid on the floor. Powdered tobacco should be introduced into rat holes, which can then be firmly closed up with bricks and mortar. Experiments carried out in the City of Hyderabad seem to have been very satisfactory.
1918, Tropical Diseases Bulletin, volume 12, page 412