English Explanatory Dictionary

coyote tobacco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several native species of tobacco (genus Nicotiana) which were used by American Indians in the area before the coming of Europeans.

Word forms

coyote tobacco coyote tobaccos coyote tobaccoes

Etymology

From coyote + tobacco. Probably named after Coyote as a personified figure in American Indian mythology.

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