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☆ 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)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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