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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Spanish
Origin: tabaco, probably from Taino, 'tobacco leaves rolled up and smoked'

tobacco

 noun
     
Related topics: Tobacco
to‧bac‧co [uncountable]
1 the dried brown leaves that are smoked in cigarettes, pipes etc
2 the plant that produces these leaves
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