perique

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noun

A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in color. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.

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Meanings

nounperique (countable and uncountable, plural periques)

plural periques

  1. countableuncountableA kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in color. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.

Origin

From Louisiana French.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

perique. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perique

MLA

“perique.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perique. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perique,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perique.

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