Tobacco: 1 definition
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Tobacco means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Tobacco in English is the name of a plant defined with Nicotiana attenuata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nicotiana attenuata R.E. Torr. ex S. Watson, nom. illeg. (among others).
2) Tobacco is also identified with Nicotiana rustica It has the synonym Nicotiana rustica Comes (etc.).
3) Tobacco is also identified with Nicotiana tabacum It has the synonym Nicotiana mexicana Schlecht. (etc.).
4) Tobacco is also identified with Nicotiana trigonophylla.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora de Veracruz (1986)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1852)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal
· Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. (1912)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tobacco, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Tobacco bush, Tobacco jasmine, Tobacco plant, Tobacco root, Tobacco tree, Tobacco witchweed, Tobacco-weed.
Ends with: Aztec tobacco, Basotho tobacco, Common tobacco, Deer tobacco, Flowering tobacco, Gidar tobacco, Grey blue tobacco, Indian tobacco, Jumbie tobacco, Long-flowered tobacco, Mexican tobacco, Mountain tobacco, Native tobacco, Poison tobacco, Shrub tobacco, Slave of tobacco, Tree tobacco, Velvet tobacco, Wild tobacco.
Full-text (+167): Kalanja, Cutta, Jarada, Tambakhu, Tamakhu, Dhumrapatra, Gudaku, Pangashici Tamakhu, Pinem, Velvet tobacco, Aztec tobacco, Tree tobacco, Basotho tobacco, Tobacco bush, Native tobacco, Cilama, Jumbie tobacco, Sailor's tobacco, Kaddipudi, Flowering tobacco.
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Search found 27 books and stories containing Tobacco; (plurals include: Tobaccos). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
My Fair Lady is Indian < [April 1971]
Bouquets and Brickbats to Lady Nicotine < [October 1968]
Letters < [April 1958]
Folklore of the Santal Parganas
Chapter CLXIII - The Origin of Tobacco < [Part V]
Chapter CXXXVIII - The Divorce < [Part III]
Chapter CLXV - The Next World < [Part V]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 3 - Unwholesome diet and deeds < [Chapter I - General health prescriptions]
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
2.3. Pharmaceutical use of Tāmbūla (Betel) < [Chapter 1 - Cosmetics]
A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada (by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw)
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 55 - Sigiris Sinno, The Giant < [Part II (b) - Stories of the Tom-tom Beaters]
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