noun
leaf tobacco
Refers to tobacco leaves, typically before processing into cigarettes or other products. Common in agricultural and commercial contexts.
この地域では葉タバコの栽培が盛んです。
Leaf tobacco cultivation is thriving in this region.
葉タバコを乾燥させてから出荷します。
We dry the leaf tobacco before shipping it.
タバコ is the general term for tobacco or cigarettes, while 葉タバコ specifically means the unprocessed leaf.
Compound of 葉 (は, 'leaf') and タバコ ('tobacco'), a loanword from Portuguese 'tabaco'.