1. (noun) home-grown tobacco, native-grown tobacco.
Ko te tupeka i haere anake mai i tāwāhi: ko tōna hoa tauwhāinga kei konei ko te tōrori! (TP 4/1911:11). / Tobacco comes only from overseas: its competitor here is native-grown tobacco!
Synonyms: tōrore
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