tabako

Cebuano

noun
Definitions
  • any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
  • leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing
  • a cigar; tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked
  • (by extension) a cigarette

Etymology

Derived from Spanish, Castilian tabaco derived from Arabic طَبَاق (a type of medicinal herb).

Origin

Arabic

طَبَاق

Gloss

a type of medicinal herb

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