coyote tobacco
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From coyote + tobacco. Probably named after Coyote as a personified figure in American Indian mythology.
Noun[edit]
coyote tobacco (usually uncountable, plural coyote tobaccos or coyote tobaccoes)
- (Western US) Any of several native species of tobacco (genus Nicotiana) which were used by American Indians in the area before the coming of Europeans.