Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
rustica}, and also {Lobelia inflata}), mountain tobacco
({Arnica montana}), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
Persica}).
2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
ways.
{Tobacco box} (Zo["o]l.), the common American skate.
{Tobacco camphor}. (Chem.) See {Nicotianine}.
{Tobacco man}, a tobacconist. [R.]
{Tobacco pipe}.
(a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
other material.
(b) (Bot.) Same as {Indian pipe}, under {Indian}.
{Tobacco-pipe clay} (Min.), a species of clay used in making
tobacco pipes; -- called also {cimolite}.
{Tobacco-pipe fish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pipemouth}.
{Tobacco stopper}, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
in a pipe as it is smoked.
{Tobacco worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
({Sphinx, or Phlegethontius, Carolina}). It is dark green,
with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark
brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves
of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious
to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.