Lobelia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. {Lobelia cardinalis} is the
     cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color
     of its flowers.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lobelia
       n : any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia