a strong highly-flavoured tobacco cured in its own juices and grown in Louisiana
Word origin
C19: apparently from Périque, nickname of Pierre Chenet, American tobacco planter who first grew it in Louisiana
perique in American English
(pəˈrik)
US
noun
a strong, rich black tobacco grown only in a small area of Louisiana and used mainly in blending
Word origin
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)