perique
perique
Definition
☆ pe·rique (pə rēk′)
noun
a strong, rich black tobacco grown only in a small area of Louisiana and used mainly in blending
Etymology: AmFr, supposedly after Pierre Chenet, said to have introduced tobacco growing in Louisiana, but prob. < Fr pronun. of E prick, vulgar for penis (from the shape of the dried, compacted plug)
Browse dictionary entries near perique
- periphyton
- periphrastic
- periphrasis
- periphery
- Peripherals
- peripheral vision
- peripheral
- peripeteia
- peripatetic
- periotic
- perisarc
- periscope
- periscopic
- perish
- perishable
- perissodactyl
- peristalsis
- peristome
- peristyle
- perithecium
