Cheroot
CHEROOT, or Sheroot (from the Tamil word "shuruttu," a roll), a cigar made from tobacco grown in southern India and the Philippine Islands. It was once esteemed very highly for its delicate flavour. A cheroot differs from other cigars in having both ends cut square, instead of one being pointed, and one end considerably larger than the other.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
