Perique

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perique \Pe*rique"\, n. [Louisiana F.]
     A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, tough
     and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana, and cured in its own
     juices, so as to be very dark colored, usually black. It is
     marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]