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LOBELIA SIPHILITICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lobelia siphilitica mean?
• LOBELIA SIPHILITICA (noun)
The noun LOBELIA SIPHILITICA has 1 sense:
1. tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers
Familiarity information: LOBELIA SIPHILITICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blue cardinal flower; great lobelia; Lobelia siphilitica
Hypernyms ("Lobelia siphilitica" is a kind of...):
lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)
Context examples
The oil extracted from the roots of Lobelia siphilitica.
(Lobelia siphilitica Root Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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