A type of light-colored cigar with a mild flavor, or meaning 'clear' in Spanish.
Spanish word meaning 'clear' or 'light,' used in the tobacco industry to describe cigars with light-colored wrappers. The term entered English through the cigar trade in the 19th century.
Cigar makers developed a specific naming system for wrapper colors from Spanish, and 'claro' became the industry standard—it's one of those trade words that shows how commerce shapes our vocabulary across languages.
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