indian weed

A farmer harvests indian weed in a sunny field.

Definition

Noun: A term historically used to refer to tobacco, the plant Nicotiana tabacum or its dried leaves used for smoking, chewing, or snuff.

Usage Examples

• (Tobacco plant or product.)
• (Tobacco used for smoking.)

Advanced Usage

• "to raise Indian weed": to cultivate tobacco.
  • The settlers learned to raise Indian weed as a cash crop. (They grew tobacco for trade.)

Variants and Related Words

• Indian tobacco (n): another historical name for tobacco, especially , a plant with similar uses.
  • The herbalist used Indian tobacco in medicinal preparations. (A plant resembling tobacco.)

Synonyms

• Tobacco: the dried leaves of plants used for smoking or chewing.
• Nicotiana: the scientific genus name for tobacco plants.

Related Idioms

• Not worth a pipe of Indian weed: an old expression meaning something of little value.
  • His promise was not worth a pipe of Indian weed. (It was worthless.)