tobacco - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestiondrug of abuse, street drug - a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction filler - the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar snuff - finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose common tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum - tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves nicotine - an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide shag - a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded Turkish tobacco - a dark, aromatic, small-leaved tobacco of eastern Europe and used in cigarettes |