tobacco-plant

A farmer inspects the leaves of a tobacco-plant in the field.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A plant of the genus Nicotiana: "tobacco-plant" refers to any plant of the genus Nicotiana, especially Nicotiana tabacum, cultivated for its leaves, which are processed to produce tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco.

Usage Examples

• (The farmer cultivates the plant for its leaves used in tobacco products.)
• (The plant originated in the Americas and is now cultivated globally.)

Advanced Usage

• "to cultivate tobacco-plant": to grow and care for the plant for agricultural or economic reasons.
  • In Virginia, many farmers historically cultivated tobacco-plant as a cash crop. (They grew the plant primarily for profit.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tobacco (n): the processed leaves of the tobacco-plant, used for smoking, chewing, or snuff.
  • He rolled the dried tobacco into a cigarette. (The leaves were prepared for smoking.)
• Tobacco-plant is sometimes hyphenated as "tobacco plant" (two words) in modern usage.
  • The tobacco plant requires warm climate and well-drained soil. (The plant's botanical requirements.)

Synonyms

• Nicotiana: the scientific genus name for the tobacco-plant.
• Smoke-plant: an informal, less common synonym referring to the plant used for smoking.

Related Idioms

• Not a tobacco-plant in sight: an expression meaning no tobacco or smoking-related items are present.
  • In the smoke-free café, there was not a tobacco-plant in sight. (No tobacco products or plants were visible.)

Phrasal Verbs

• Plant tobacco: to place tobacco-plant seeds or seedlings in the ground for growth.
  • They plant tobacco in early spring after the last frost. (They sow or transplant the tobacco-plant.)