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tobacco  

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  • Tobacco is a name for any plant of the genus Nicotiana of the Solanaceae family (nightshade family). The chief commercial species, N. tabacum, is believed native to tropical America, but has been so long cultivated that it is no longer known in the wild. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Communication; Tobacco]

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