Noun: tobacco hornworm tu'ba-kow'horn,wurm
- Large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
"Tobacco hornworms can strip a tobacco plant of its leaves overnight";
- tomato worm, Manduca sexta
Derived forms: tobacco hornworms
Type of: caterpillar
Part of: genus Manduca, Manduca
Encyclopedia: Tobacco hornworm