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Lobelia  n.  (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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"Lobelia" Quotes from Famous Books



... would look like a Union Jack in June. Unfortunately I left the place early in May, and I have heard nothing since about that Union Jack. I suppose it failed in some way. If it had succeeded, some one would have told me about it. A fellow-countryman of mine designed a shamrock in blue lobelia. The medical Red Cross looked well in geraniums imported ...
— A Padre in France • George A. Birmingham


Words linked to "Lobelia" :   cardinal flower, Indian pink, herbaceous plant, Indian tobacco, herb, Lobelia inflata, great lobelia, bladderpod, lobelia family


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