n, pl  -cos  1  :  any plant of the genus Nicotiana : esp  :  an annual So. American herb (N. tabacum) cultivated for its leaves  2  :  the leaves of cultivated tobacco prepared for use in smoking or chewing or as snuff  3  :  manufactured products of tobacco : also  :  the use of tobacco as a practice .
 
 
 
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