"A"
A 24cm double corona made by Montecristo
Banda Volcano
A fast burning tobacco that is used as a binder
Belicoso
A shell shaped cigar made by Bolivar
Belvedere
A corona by Partagas
Binder
A large leaf layer between the filler tobacco and the wrapper
Blender
A device used to blend the leaves prior to rolling a the cigar
Body
The part of the cigar held in the hand that is lit
Bombone
A cigar made by La Escepcion de Jose Gener
Box
Cigar boxes are generally made of Cedar wood
Bunch
The filler part of the cigar which is enclosed in the binder
Caballeria
A unit of measure used in Cuban plantations
Canon
A rolled cigar with an unfinished head and foot
Capa
Wrapper plant
Capadura
The second harvest of the year
Capote
Binder
Casa de tobacco
A wooden hut used to dry the tobacco leaves on
Cedros
A cigar made by Romeo y Julieta
Centro Fin
The 5th part of the tobacco plant
Chaveta
A sharp tool used by cigar makers to cut and roll the cigars
Chico
A slim cigar (60-120mm long)
Churchill
(Double corona). Cigar measuring 17-18cm
Cigar Cellar
A room sized humidor
Cigar Cutter
A guillotine used to cut closed cigar heads
Cigarillo
A cigar made from shredded tobacco leaves
Cigarito
A cigarette with a tobacco leaf wrapper
Clarissimo
The lightest colour of tobacco leaf
Claro
A light shaded Havana coloured leaf
Cohiba
Term used by the natives of the Caribbean Islands for tobacco
Colorado
A reddy-brown coloured tobacco leaf
Colorado claro
A light brown coloured tobacco leaf
Connaisseur
A very high quality range of cigar made by Partagas
Convicale
Cigar made by Rafael Gonzalez
Coprova
French importer of Cuban cigars
Corojo
A wrapper plant
Corona
A straight-bodied cigar with a closed rounded head
Corona gigante
Double corona by Bolivar
Corona grande
An alternative term for a double corona
Corona major
Upmann tubo
Corona senior
Partagas tubo
Criollo de sol
The plant used as a binder
Cubatabaco
A state controlled company that manufactures Cuban cigars
Culebras
Small cigars made from three individual interwoven cigars
Curing
The method used to dry tobacco leaves
Degado
The smallest cigar (4cm) ever manufactured
Demi-Tasse
A cigar measuring 7-10cm
Diadema
Cigar by Punch
Doctor
Plantation managers in Cuba
Dom Perignon
The largest Davidoff cigar
Double claro
A very light coloured tobacco leaf
Double corona
A corona cigar measuring 17-24cm in length
Dulcinea
Cigar by Sancho Panza
Epicure
Very high quality cigars by Hoyo de Monterrey
Escogida
A festival held after the leaves are chosen and graded
Exhausting
A cigar that has suffered heat loss after fermentation
Fabrica
Factory where cigars are rolled
Fabuloso
The biggest cigar
Filler
The leaves that form the inner part of a cigar
Finca
A Cuban firm whose sole purpose is to produce tobacco
Foot
The end part of a cigar that is lit
Fumar crudo
Holding a cigar in the mouth before lighting
Gavilla
A sheaf of tobacco leaves
Guillotine
A straight bladed cigar cutter
Half corona
Short corona, measuring 7-8cm
Half-wheel
Another term for a bundle
Havana
A Cuban rolled cigar
Havana club
A giant double corona that was made by Dunhill
Hecho a mano
Hand made
Head
The end of the cigar that is held in the mouth
Humidor
A hermetically sealed wooden box, used for storing cigars
Immenso
A non-standard very large cigar
Jaino
Cigar made by El Rey del Mundo
Koh-I-Noor
A cigar measuring 1.70m made in Cuba by Henry Clay
Lancero
The largest cigar made by Cohiba
Lancet
Tool used to pierce the closed head of a cigar
Leaf
The smokeable part of a tobacco plant
Legero
A fast burning filler tobacco
Libre de pied
(“free feet”). The two leaves at the bottom of a tobacco plant
Longo
 Cigar made by Hoyo de Monterrey
Lonsdale
A corona measuring 150-170mm
Lunch Club
Corona by El Rey del Mundo
Lusitanias
A double corona made by Partagas
Machine rolled cigar
A cigar that is mechanically rolled as opposed to hand rolled
Maduro
A browny black coloured cigar leaf
Maduro colorado
A brown coloured tobacco leaf
Magnum
A large potbellied cigar
Matt cigar
A cigar with its wrapper coated in a fine film of tobacco
Matting
Coating cigarillos with a layer of tobacco powder
Medi tempo
Average burning speed for filler tobacco
Microscopio
Non standard size of small cigar
Mille Fleurs
Cigar by Ramon Allones
Minuto
Cigar by La Gloria Cubana
Moho azul
A disease that decimated the Cuban harvest in 1981
Moistening
Moistening solutions for the second fermentation of tobacco
Montecarlo
Pantella by Por Larrnaga
Oscuro
The darkest colour of tobacco leaf
Outer envelope
Another term for wrapper
Palmita
 Cigar by Gispert
Pantela
 A cigar with a straight slim body around 120-130mm
Perfecto
 Cigar with a cylindrical body narrowing at the foot
Primero Ligero
The fifth stage of the tobacco plant
Puro
Spanish word for Cigar
Pyrmidos
 Shell shaped cigar
Quijote
Cigar by Sancho Panza
Regalia
Another term for wrapper
Ring
 The printed paper ring placed around a cigar near the head
Roller
A cigar maker who rolls cigar
Sancho
 Cigar by Sancho Panza
San Juan y Martinez
A famous village in the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio
Seal of authenticity
A band placed on boxes of Havanas to guarantee origin
Seco
A slow burning filler tobacco
Semillero
A tobacco plant nursery
Small corona
A corona measuring 9-12cm in length
Stripper
A female worker who removes the central veins of the leaves
Tobaco
 Spanish word for tobacco
Tabla de torcer
The working surface of the roller
Tapado
A field of tobacco
Tercio
 A sheaf of tobacco leaves during their treatment at the factory
Torcedo
 A large potbellied cigar
Toscani
A very strong Italian cigar
Tripa
Filler plant
Uno y medio
A single leaf of tobacco plant on the third level of the plant
Vega
A growing plot
Veguero
 Someone who plants the tobacco
Vista
 A decorative image placed on the lid of cigar boxes
Vitole
A wooden board used to grade cigars
Vitolphilia
The art of collecting Cigar rings
Volado
 A fast burning tobacco filler
Wilde
A term used for bunch-like cigarillos
Wrapper
Outer leaf of a cigar