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Meaning of "tobacco leaf" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOBACCO LEAF

tobacco leaf  [təˈbækəʊ liːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOBACCO LEAF

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tobacco leaf is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOBACCO LEAF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tobacco leaf

Tobacco

Tobacco is a plant within the genus Nicotiana of the Solanaceae family. While there are more than 70 species of tobacco, the chief commercial crop is N. tabacum. The more potent species N. rustica is also widely used around the world. Dried tobacco leaves are mainly smoked in cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and flavored shisha tobacco. They are also consumed as snuff, chewing tobacco and dipping tobacco. Tobacco contains the alkaloid nicotine, a stimulant. Tobacco use is a risk factor for diseases affecting the heart, liver and lungs. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally.

Definition of tobacco leaf in the English dictionary

The definition of tobacco leaf in the dictionary is the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOBACCO LEAF


bas-relief
ˌbɑːrɪˈliːf
belief
bɪˈliːf
broadleaf
ˈbrɔːdˌliːf
cloverleaf
ˈkləʊvəˌliːf
disbelief
ˌdɪsbɪˈliːf
drop-leaf
ˈdrɒpˌliːf
flyleaf
ˈflaɪˌliːf
interleaf
ˈɪntəˌliːf
leaf
liːf
lief
liːf
longleaf
ˈlɒŋliːf
oakleaf
ˈəʊkˌliːf
overleaf
ˌəʊvəˈliːf
relief
rɪˈliːf
self-belief
ˌsɛlfbɪˈliːf
unbelief
ˌʌnbɪˈliːf
waterleaf
ˈwɔːtərˌliːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOBACCO LEAF

tobaccanalian
tobacco
tobacco industry
tobacco jar
tobacco mosaic virus
tobacco plant
tobacco planter
tobacco pouch
tobaccoless
tobacconist
Tobago
Tobagonian
Tobey
tobies
Tobin tax
Tobit
toboggan
toboggan run
tobogganer
tobogganist

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOBACCO LEAF

bay leaf
Chinese leaf
compound leaf
dock leaf
drop leaf
fig leaf
gold leaf
in leaf
leatherleaf
liverleaf
loose-leaf
oak leaf
scale leaf
seed leaf
senna leaf
tea leaf
trefoil leaf
turn over a new leaf
vine leaf
walking leaf

Synonyms and antonyms of tobacco leaf in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tobacco leaf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOBACCO LEAF

Find out the translation of tobacco leaf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tobacco leaf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tobacco leaf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烟叶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hoja de tabaco
570 millions of speakers

English

tobacco leaf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तम्बाकू पत्ती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أوراق التبغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

листья табака
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

folha de tabaco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তামাক পাতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feuilles de tabac
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Daun tembakau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tabakblatt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

たばこ葉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

담배 잎
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rwaning rokok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lá thuốc lá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புகையிலை இலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तंबाखू पानांचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tütün yaprağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foglia di tabacco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

liście tytoniu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

листя тютюну
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frunze de tutun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φύλλων καπνού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tabak blaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tobaksblad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tobakkblad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tobacco leaf

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOBACCO LEAF»

The term «tobacco leaf» is regularly used and occupies the 62.754 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOBACCO LEAF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tobacco leaf» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tobacco leaf» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tobacco leaf

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOBACCO LEAF»

Discover the use of tobacco leaf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tobacco leaf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Chemical Components of Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke
Tobacco is a natural product that contains numerous classes of chemical compounds. As a living entity, tobacco contains all of the complex biological machinery necessary to sustain life. Chemical constituents in the tobacco leaf are influenced ...
Alan Rodgman, Thomas A. Perfetti, 2008
2
Tobacco Leaf, Its Culture and Cure, Marketing and ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Joseph Buckner Killebrew, Herbert Myrick, 2010
3
Tobacco Culture: Farming Kentucky's Burley Belt
If the leaf is dried slowly after it is harvested, it turns yellow and then tan or brown. The fragile nature of the tobacco leaf and the way it slowly cures resulted in the construction of special facilities for curing and Tobacco Culture 5.
John van Willigen, Susan C. Eastwood
4
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
The tobacco leaf is a heterogeneous mixture of proteins, insecticide residues, fungal contaminants, and other additives.64 Studies have shown that the tobacco leaf has at least 37 different antigens, and these antigens show the capacity to ...
Mark L. Witten, 2000
5
World Agriculture and the Environment: A ...
These companies select, purchase, process, and sell tobacco leaf to the major manufacturers of tobacco products (Swoboda and Hamilton 19971. These companies are in charge of purchasing and quality control of tobacco for the main ...
Jason W. Clay, 2004
6
Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology
Begomoviruses The tobacco leaf curl disease was first described in Tanzania in the early 1930s, in which infected tobacco plants were severely crinkled, curled, and dwarfed. The disease was successfully transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia ...
Marc H.V. van Regenmortel, Brian W.J. Mahy, 2009
7
Principles of Molecular Virology (Standard Edition)
... 826 Tobacco latent virus, 1012 Tobacco latent virus, 1012 Tobacco leaf curl India virus, (TbLCIV), 323 Tobacco leaf curl Japan virus - [Japan2], (TbLCJV-[JR2 ]), 318 Tobacco leaf curl Japan virus - [Japan3], (TbLCJV-[JR3]), 318 Tobacco leaf ...
Alan J. Cann, 2001
8
Virus Taxonomy: Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses : ...
... 1156 Tobacco latent virus-Nigeria, 1156 Tobacco leaf curl betasatellite, 1215 Tobacco leaf curl Comoros virus, 371 Tobacco leaf curl Cuba virus, 367 Tobacco leaf curl Cuba virus – [Cuba:Taguasco:2005], 367 Tobacco leaf curl Japan virus,  ...
Andrew M.Q. King, Michael J. Adams, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, 2012
9
Certain unmanufactured cigarette leaf tobacco: probable ...
... stemmed tobaccos used in the manufacture of (1) cigarettes and (2) other tobacco products (i.e., cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, and pipe- smoking tobacco ) . Stemming is an operation that removes the center rib (or stem) of the tobacco leaf ...
United States International Trade Commission, 1989
10
Virus Taxonomy: VIIIth Report of the International Committee ...
... 826 Tobacco latent virus, 1012 Tobacco latent virus, 1012 Tobacco leaf curl India virus, (TbLCIV), 323 Tobacco leaf curl Japan virus - [Japan2], (TbLCJV-[JR2 ]), 318 Tobacco leaf curl Japan virus - [Japan3], (TbLCJV-[JR3]), 318 Tobacco leaf ...
Claude M. Fauquet, M.A. Mayo, J. Maniloff, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOBACCO LEAF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tobacco leaf is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em -- Tobacco Stocks Embrace E-cigs
Lorillard Inc. (NYSE:LO) makes the best-selling Blu brand of e-cigarettes, and tobacco leaf merchant Universal Corp (NYSE:UVV) has a partnership with a ... «Investorplace.com, Apr 15»
2
Philip Morris Makes Deal With Two Tobacco Leaf Suppliers
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Philip Morris International (PM) is partnering with two U.S. tobacco leaf suppliers to buy its tobacco rather than working directly with ... «TheStreet.com, Nov 14»
3
Tobacco Farmers Lose Longtime Safety Net
Tobacco growers are about to face a completely free market. This month ... And another unknown: how e-cigarettes will affect the demand for tobacco leaf. «NPR, Oct 14»
4
Tobacco leaf, beer may help beat Ebola
Melbourne: Scientists have revealed that tobacco leaf and beer could hold the key to beating Ebola, which has claimed over 3,400 lives and is forecast to infect ... «Zee News, Oct 14»
5
Alliance One International, Inc. announces plans to enter the …
29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance One International, Inc. (NYSE: AOI) today announced its intention to enter the Ugandan Tobacco Leaf Market once all ... «PR Newswire, Sep 14»
6
US: Child Workers in Danger on Tobacco Farms
Children working on tobacco farms in the United States are exposed to nicotine, .... and two international leaf merchants who purchase tobacco leaf and sell to ... «Human Rights Watch, May 14»
7
Don't Avoid This Leading Tobacco Leaf Supplier Because of Slower …
Universal (NYSE: UVV ) is one of the top two suppliers of tobacco leaf globally, with Alliance One International the only other significant global player. Universal ... «Motley Fool, Sep 13»
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Tobacco for dinner? Team of chefs cook with tobacco leaf during …
Tobacco: It's what's for dinner. A team of Croatian chefs whipped up a pungent meal Thursday, infusing the flavor of the tobacco leaf synonymous with Cuba into ... «New York Daily News, Mar 13»
9
Alliance One and Universal: A Publicly-Traded Tobacco Leaf Duopoly
Outside of the in-house operations of major cigarette companies, Universal and Alliance One control most of the market for tobacco leaf purchasing and ... «Seeking Alpha, Mar 11»
10
Canada's boom in smuggled cigarettes
Ontario farmer Gary Godelie lost about $20,000 of tobacco leaf to thieves. Theft is now a major problem for Canadian tobacco farmers as illicit cigarette makers ... «Public Integrity, Mar 09»

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