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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Matthias de Lobel died 1616 Flemish botanist Date: 1739 1. any of a genus (Lobelia of the family Lobeliaceae, the lobelia family) of widely cultivated plants having terminal clusters of showy lipped flowers 2. the leaves and tops of Indian tobacco

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any plant of the genus Lobelia, with blue, scarlet, white, or purple flowers having a deeply cleft corolla. Etymology: M. de Lobel, Flemish botanist in England d. 1616

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lobelia Lo*be"li*a (?; 106), n. [NL. So called from Lobel, botanist to King James I.] (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. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Indian tobacco (a name of the North American species; Lobelia inflata).