Definition of Lobelia

Lo`be´li`a
n.1.(Bot.) 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. Lobelia cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.


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bladderpod, blue cardinal flower, cardinal flower, genus Lobelia, great lobelia, herb, herbaceous plant, Indian pink, Indian tobacco, Lobelia cardinalis, Lobelia dortmanna, Lobelia inflata, Lobelia siphilitica, water lobelia

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