Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tobacco: an Indian name said to be still in use in some parts of Canada.
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Examples
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Then taking out a short wooden pipe, he filled it with the coarse and bitter tobacco of Brazil, of which the leaves belong to that old _ "petun" _ introduced into France by Nicot, to whom we owe the popularization of the most productive and widespread of the solanaceae.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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They originated in South America, are part of the tomato and potato family and the name is French from the word "petun," meaning tobacco.
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They originated in South America, are part of the tomato and potato family and the name is French from the word "petun," meaning tobacco.
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They originated in South America, are part of the tomato and potato family and the name is French from the word "petun," meaning tobacco.
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They originated in South America, are part of the tomato and potato family and the name is French from the word "petun," meaning tobacco.
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Then taking out a short wooden pipe, he filled it with the coarse and bitter tobacco of Brazil, of which the leaves belong to that old “petun” introduced into France by Nicot, to whom we owe the popularization of the most productive and widespread of the solanaceae.
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Moon, came out of the far woods, they took great care to propitiate the evil intelligences which sit upon her horns, plotting mischief to mortals, by liberal gifts of _petun_, or collars of beads, or ears of maize, or skins of animals.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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They throw petun (tobacco) into the fire, and if, for example, they are addressing Heaven, they say
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The natives of this continent call it _petun_; those of the islands, _yoli_.
A Dissertation on the Medical Properties and Injurious Effects of the Habitual Use of Tobacco Moses Stuart 1816
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[43] Here they saw in cultivation the rank narcotic _petun_, or tobacco, [44] just beginning to spread out its broad velvet leaves to the sun, the sole luxury of savage life.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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