Look up: Lobelia

1. Lobelia
   (Cardinal Flower, Indian Pink, Lobelia) These are hardy and tender, annuals and perennials that grow wild in various parts of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. There are over 200 species, but comparatively few are grown in the garden. Those mainly grown range in size from the dwarf, compact annuals, which only grow a few inches high, to the perennials, which grow 3 feet or more high. The popular Lobelias that are used for summer bedding, have been raised from L. Erinus, a blue-flowered vari…
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2. lobelia
   [n] - any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia
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3. Lobelia
   Lo·be"li·a noun [ New Latin So called from Lobel , botanist to King James I.] (Botany) 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. Latin cardinalis is …
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4. lobelia
   <botany> 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 v …
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5. lobelia
   noun any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia
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6. Lobelia
   `Lobelia` is a genus of flowering plant comprising 360-400 species, with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions. English names include `Lobelia`, `Asthma Weed`, `Indian Tobacco`, `Pukeweed`, and `Vomitwort`. Some botanists place the genus and its relatives in the separate family Lobeliaceae, others as a subfamily Lobelioideae within the Ca...
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7. Lobelia
   `Lobelia` is a genus of flowering plant comprising 360-400 species, with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions. English names include `Lobelia`, `Asthma Weed`, `Indian Tobacco`, `Pukeweed`, and `Vomitwort`. Some botanists place the genus and its relatives in the separate family Lobeliaceae, others as a subfamily Lobelioideae within the Ca...
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8. Lobelia
   • (n.) 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 vivi...
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9. Lobelia
   (from the article `conservation`) ...case of the three honeycreepers described above, however, their extinctions may have followed the destruction of important nectar-producing plants ...
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