Definitions for lobelialoʊˈbil yə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lo•bel•ialoʊˈbil yə(n.)(pl.)-ias.
any tall nonwoody plant of the genus Lobelia, having long terminal clusters of two-petaled flowers.
Category: Plants
Origin of lobelia:
1730–40; < NL, after Matthias de Lobel (1538–1616), Flemish botanist
Princeton's WordNet
lobelia(noun)
any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia
Wiktionary
lobelia(Noun)
A genus of flowering plants in the Lobeliaceae family containing many species, some of which are garden plants.
Webster Dictionary
Lobelia(noun)
a genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Lobelia
A plant genus of the family CAMPANULACEAE used medicinally and is a source of LOBELINE.
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