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单词 lobelia
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lobelian.

Brit. /lə(ʊ)ˈbiːlɪə/, U.S. /loʊˈbiljə/, /loʊˈbiliə/
Etymology: modern Latin, < name of Matthias de Lobel (1538–1616), botanist and physician to James I: see -ia suffix1.
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.
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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.
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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.].
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