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Lobelia

Lo-be′li-a

(?; 106)
,
Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024


Lobelia

Lobelia

See also: lobelia

Translingual

Proper noun

Lobelia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – the lobelias.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

lobelia

lobelia

See also: Lobelia

English

Lobelia eranus is a popular garden plant.

Noun

lobelia (plural lobelias)

  1. A member of the genus Lobelia, flowering plants in the Lobeliaceae family containing many species, some of which are garden plants.

Translations

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Finnish

Noun

lobelia

  1. lobelia

Declension

Inflection of lobelia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative lobelia lobeliat
genitive lobelian lobelioiden
lobelioitten
partitive lobeliaa lobelioita
illative lobeliaan lobelioihin
singular plural
nominative lobelia lobeliat
accusative nom. lobelia lobeliat
gen. lobelian
genitive lobelian lobelioiden
lobelioitten
lobeliainrare
partitive lobeliaa lobelioita
inessive lobeliassa lobelioissa
elative lobeliasta lobelioista
illative lobeliaan lobelioihin
adessive lobelialla lobelioilla
ablative lobelialta lobelioilta
allative lobelialle lobelioille
essive lobeliana lobelioina
translative lobeliaksi lobelioiksi
instructive lobelioin
abessive lobeliatta lobelioitta
comitative lobelioineen

Polish

Noun

lobelia f

  1. lobelia (flowering plant)

Declension