Tobacco

Tobacco

Relating to products that are made from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana, that are used in some medecines but more widely and popularly used as a recreational drug in the form of cigarettes and cigars.

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flue-cured

Tobacco; General tobacco

Are represented by the majority of warm-air dried Virginia. The cultivation is expanding rapidly. The plant developed is average and six crops are produced. Each crop is taken to ...

flag

Tobacco; General tobacco

An alternative to a cap that involves shaping the wrapper leaf at the head of the cigar so that it secures the wrapper in place. Sometimes a flag can be tied off in a pig-tail or ...

fire-cured

Tobacco; General tobacco

Is a type akin to Dark, it's natural drying is completed by a wood-fired fumigation (oak is used by the traditionalists).

filler

Tobacco; General tobacco

Tobacco used as the main body or core of a cigar that provide the significant portion of the taste.

fermentation

Tobacco; General tobacco

There are primarily two types of fermentation, natural fermentation and forced fermentation, with the duration of the process ranging from two days to two months or more. Natural ...

expanded tobacco (ET)

Tobacco; General tobacco

Tobacco which has been increased in size in a process of cellular expansion followed by freeze drying. (See Dry Ice Expanded Tobacco, or DIET). Expanding increases tobacco volume ...