What is the Latin word for tobacco?

The usual Latin words for “tobacco” are tabācum, Nicotiāna, ut. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“tobacco” in Latin

tabācumtobacco NicotiānaA taxonomic genus, within family Solanaceae; the tobacco plants.uthow? in what way?; as; as, being, in the role of, in the capacity of, as natural for

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

tobacco

*tabacum: *herba Nicotiana; or simply Nicotiana (Linn.). To smoke tobacco, tabaco, quod dicitur, uti (Wyttenback); *fumum Nicotianae haurire: a tobacco-pipe, fistula tabaci (Gesner); or *fumisugium (technical term): he is fond of tobacco, *multum utitur tabaco.

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What is the Latin word for tobacco?: The usual Latin words for “tobacco” are tabācum, Nicotiāna, ut. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.