Tobacco

What “Tobacco” means

Noun

1. Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
2. Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
3. A variety of tobacco.

Verb

1. To indulge in tobacco; to smoke.
2. To treat with tobacco.

Where the word comes from

Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).

Business name ideas with “Tobacco”

Industries where “Tobacco” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores)
• Tobacco Manufacturing
• Tobacco Stores
• Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers