Tobacco is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them. The plant is part of the genus Nicotiana and of the Solanaceae (nightshade) family. While more than 70 species of tobacco are known, the chief commercial crop is N. tabacum.
Definition of Epistrophe. Epistrophe is a figure of speech that involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences. Epistrophe is also known as epiphora or antistrophe. The word epistrophe comes from the Greek for âreturn.â. The definition of epistrophe is opposite to that of anaphora, which is the repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
Full Definition of EPISTLE. 1. capitalized a: one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament b: a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles. 2.a: letter; especially: a formal or elegant letter b: a composition in the form of a letter.â episÂ·tler \-Ëpi-sÉ-lÉr\ noun.pistle in the Bible: any one of the letters to the early Christians that are part of the New Testament.