单词 | lobelia |
释义 | lobelian. a. A genus of herbaceous (rarely shrubby) plants, typical of the family Lobeliaceæ, of which many species are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers, which are chiefly blue, scarlet, or purple; they are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions and characterized by a deeply-cleft corolla without a spur; a plant of this genus, or its flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers > lobelia or cardinal flower rampion1578 cardinal flower1629 scarlet cardinal-flower1698 blue cardinal flower1723 lobelia1739 syphilitic lobelia1786 bloody cardinal1851 scarlet lobelia1874 1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II. (at cited word) Lobelia frutescens.. Shrubby Lobelia, with a purslane Leaf. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. iv. 114 He..foamed at the mouth like a hoss that has eat lobelia in his hay. 1874 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods (ed. 2) xiv. 223 The scarlet lobelia. b. In the Pharmacopœia, the herb L. inflata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > Indian tobacco Indian tobaccoa1618 pukeweed1830 lobelia1849 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > emetic > plant-based stavesacrea1400 vomiting nut1575 Paraguay herb1717 violine1829 violina1836 lobelia1849 gillenin1856 viola1868 1849 N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 94 Lobelia is the great cure, but some are against it. 1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. III. i. 404/1 In doses exceeding fifteen or twenty grains, the Lobelia causes speedy and severe vomiting. 1868 Daily News 30 July He had poisoned a dog with lobelia, and it died 48 hours after. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 525 Lobelia is used only when the inflammatory action is complicated with [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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