"sot-weed" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sot-weeds [plural]
Etymology: From sot (“a stupified, stupid, inebriated, addicted, or infatuated person”), and weed. Etymology templates: {{m|en|sot||a stupified, stupid, inebriated, addicted, or infatuated person}} sot (“a stupified, stupid, inebriated, addicted, or infatuated person”), {{m|en|weed}} weed Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sot-weed (countable and uncountable, plural sot-weeds)
  1. (now rare) tobacco Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Tobacco Synonyms: sotweed, sot weed
    Sense id: en-sot-weed-en-noun-2kPwbKoE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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