cohoba
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cohoba
From Latin American Spanish (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), of Arawakan origin; compare Taino cohoba “cohoba, tobacco”
Example Sentences
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Cohóba, the native name of tobacco.
From Project Gutenberg
He gave it the name of Cohoba Cohobba, Gioia.
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I am indebted to Mr. Cook for calling my attention to two articles by Mr. W. E. Safford in which it is also shown that from seeds of the huilca a powder is prepared, sometimes called cohoba.
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