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noun
Any of several native species of tobacco (genus Nicotiana) which were used by American Indians in the area before the coming of Europeans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, Western, uncountable, usually
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History
From coyote + tobacco. Probably named after Coyote as a personified figure in American Indian mythology.
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