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tobacco (iou) and escape phenomenon (medicine)


tobacco (iou)



tobacco noun. Pl. -o(e)s. M16.
[Spanish tabaco, reputedly from a Carib word meaning a pipe through which the smoke was inhaled or from a Taino word for a primitive cigar, but perh. from Arab.]
A preparation of the dried leaves of the plants Nicotiana tabacum or N. rustica (see sense 2), which is smoked in pipes, cigarettes, cigars, etc., for its pleasantly relaxing effects, taken as snuff, or chewed; a particular form of this. M16.
Latakia tobacco, negro-head tobacco, plug tobacco, Turkish tobacco, Virginia tobacco, etc.
Byron Sublime Tobacco! Which from east to west Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest.
b. A similar preparation of the dried leaves of Other plants. L19.
c. A deep shade of brown; = TABAC noun1. E20.
Either of the plants (of tropical American origin) which furnish the leaves for this preparation: Nicotiana tabacum, of the nightshade family, the kind now most commonly cultivated, and the allied N. rustica (more fully green tobacco, wild tobacco). Also (with specifying word), any of various plants whose dried leaves are smoked in a similar way. L16.
Indian tobacco: see INDIAN adjective. rabbit tobacco: see RABBIT noun.
Comb.: tobacco beetle a small beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (family Anobiidae), which infests stored tobacco and Other dried products; tobacco-box (a) a box for holding tobacco, esp. a small flat box to be carried in the pocket; (b) either of two flattened N. American fishes, the little skate, Raja erinacea, and the pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus; tobacco-cutter (a) a person employed in cutting tobacco; (b) a machine or knife for cutting tobacco; tobacco dove a small light brown dove, Columbina passerina, found from south-eastern US to northern S. America; also called common ground dove; tobacco-fish a sea bass, Serranus tabacarius, found off the Atlantic coasts of America; tobacco flea-beetle a small American leaf-beetle, Epitrix hirtipennis, the adults of which feed on tobacco leaves and are a serious pest; tobacco fly US (the adult of) either the tobacco hornworm or the tomato hornworm; tobacco heart Medicine a condition caused by the excessive use of tobacco, characterized by a rapid and irregular pulse, pain in the chest, breathlessness, etc.; tobacco hornworm a large American hawkmoth, Manduca sexta, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of tobacco and related plants; also called southern hornworm; tobacco house (a) a place of public resort for the sale and smoking of tobacco; (b) a building for the storage of tobacco; tobacco-leaf (a) a leaf of the tobacco plant; (b) a form of 18th-cent. Chinese porcelain decorated with a floral pattern including tobacco-leaves (freq. attrib.); tobacco lord Scottish History a wealthy tobacco merchant of Glasgow; tobacco-man (long rare or obsolete) a seller of tobacco, a tobacconist; tobacco mosaic virus an RNA virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco and similar effects in Other plants, much used as an experimental subject; abbreviation TMV. tobacco moth a pyralid moth, Ephestia elutella, the larvae of which feed on stored products including tobacco, cocoa, nuts, etc.; also called cocoa moth; tobacco-pipe (a) a pipe for smoking tobacco; (b) US local = Indian pipe s.v. INDIAN adjective; (c) tobacco-pipe fish, a pipefish, Fistularia tabacaria (family Fistulariidae), occurring in the tropical W. Atlantic; tobacco plant either of the plants which yield tobacco; also, any of various plants of the genus Nicotiana grown for their night-scented flowers; tobacco-pouch a pouch for carrying tobacco for smoking or chewing; tobacco-root the root of either of two N. American plants: the bitter-root Lewisia rediviva, and a valerian, Valeriana edulis, which has a tobacco-like smell when cooked; tobacco-shop (a) a shop for the sale of tobacco; (b) a place of public resort for smoking tobacco; tobacco-stopper an instrument for pressing down the tobacco in the bowl of a pipe for smoking; tobacco streak a streak disease of tobacco and many Other plants, caused by an RNA virus; tobacco-water an infusion of tobacco in water, used esp. for sprinkling on plants to rid them of insect pests; tobacco whitefly a whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, which infests tobacco leaves; tobacco worm US (the larva of) either the tobacco hornworm or the tomato hornworm.
tobaccoless adjective (rare) M19.
tobacco'nalian adjective & noun (rare) [app. after bacchanalian] (a) adjective of or pertaining to tobacco-smoking; (b) a person addicted to tobacco-smoking: M19.

escape phenomenon (medicine)


escape phenomenon
Failure of the pupil in an eye with optic neuritis to maintain constriction as both eyes are alternately stimulated with light.