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lobelia Definition

lo·belia (lō bēlyə, -bēlē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Lobelia) of annual or perennial plants of the bellflower family, having white, blue, or red flowers of very irregular shape

Etymology: ModL, after Lobelius, Latinized name of Matthias de L'Obel (1538-1616), Fl botanist

lobelia Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • trail: My ideal is red pelargonium and white marguerites, set in a bed of trailing blue lobelia.

Adjective modifier

  • giant: Higher still lies the moorland zone, where a cover of giant heather is studded with otherworldly giant lobelias.
  • blue: Some of us planted blue lobelia for the sky.

Modifies a noun

  • herb: If the body is physically tense use cramp bark on it's own or accompanied by a little lobelia herb or black cohosh.
  • cardinalis: They planted Doronicum with yellow flowers, ferns, primulas, hostas, cowslips, iris and Lobelia cardinalis around the pond.
  • tincture: A poultice of lobelia herb and some lobelia herb tincture drops.

Noun used with modifier

  • water: Water lobelia, a rare species usually confined to upland lakes is also recorded here.
  • heath: Yes Lobelia urens heath lobelia M L In rough damp pasture, acid and rather heathy places.

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