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Sphinx or Phlegethontius Carolina
Tobacco To*bac"co, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.] 1. (Bot.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste. Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco (Nicotiana rustica, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco (Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco (Nicotiana Persica). 2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways. Tobacco box (Zo["o]l.), the common American skate. Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine. Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.] Tobacco pipe. (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian. Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite. Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Pipemouth. Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked. Tobacco worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Phlegethontius, Carolina). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of Hawk moth.

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- Synonyms Syzygia Grote & Robinson, 1865 Protoparce Burmeister, 1855 Phlegethontius Hübner, 1819 Macrosila Walker, 1856 Diludia Grote & Robinson, 1865 Chlaenogramma...
- ****ta Linnaeus, 1763 Protoparce ****ta Phlegethontius **** Sphinx carolina Linnaeus, 1764 Manduca carolina Phlegethontius carolina Protoparce carolina Macrosila...
- Synonyms Sphinx 5-maculatus Haworth, 1803 Phlegethontius quinquemaculatus Protoparce quinquemaculatus Phlegethontius celeus Hübner, 1821 Protoparce quinquemaculatus...
- Binomial name Manduca blackburni (Butler, 1880) Synonyms Protoparce blackburni Butler, 1880 Phlegethontius blackburnii Protoparce quinquemaculatus blackburni...
- Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Genus: Manduca Species: M. aztecus Binomial name Manduca aztecus (Mooser, 1942) Synonyms Phlegethontius aztecus Mooser, 1942...
-  manducoides Binomial name Manduca manducoides (Rothschild, 1895) Synonyms Phlegethontius manducoides Rothschild, 1895 Protoparce breyeri Köhler, 1924...
- name Manduca dalica (Kirby, 1877) Synonyms Protoparce dalica Kirby, 1877 Phlegethontius garleppi Rothschild, 1895 Protoparce dalica anthina Jordan, 1911...
-  dilucida Binomial name Manduca dilucida (W. H. Edwards, 1887) Synonyms Protoparce dilucida W.H. Edwards, 1887 Phlegethontius indistincta Rothschild, 1894...
- Family: Sphingidae Genus: Manduca Species: M. stuarti Binomial name Manduca stuarti (Rothschild, 1896) Synonyms Phlegethontius stuarti Rothschild, 1896...
- Sphinx cingulata Fabricius, 1775 Herse cingulata Protoparce cingulata Phlegethontius cingulata Sphinx affinis Goeze, 1780 Sphinx pungens Eschscholtz, 1821...