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Meaning of "lobelia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOBELIA

From New Latin, named after Matthias de Lobel (1538–1616), Flemish botanist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LOBELIA

lobelia  [ləʊˈbiːlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOBELIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lobelia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOBELIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lobelia

Lobelia

Lobelia /lɵˈbiːliə/ is a genus of flowering plants comprising 415 species, with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions. They are known generally as lobelias.

Definition of lobelia in the English dictionary

The definition of lobelia in the dictionary is any plant of the campanulaceous genus Lobelia, having red, blue, white, or yellow five-lobed flowers with the three lower lobes forming a lip.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOBELIA


abelia
əˈbiːlɪə
amelia
əˈmiːlɪə
anthelia
æntˈhiːlɪə
aurelia
ɔːˈriːlɪə
automobilia
ˌɔːtəməˈbiːlɪə
bromelia
brəˈmiːlɪə
camellia
kəˈmiːlɪə
Delia
ˈdiːlɪə
Elea
ˈiːlɪə
Elia
ˈiːlɪə
epithelia
ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪə
grindelia
ɡrɪnˈdiːlɪə
Karelia
kəˈriːlɪə
mycelia
maɪˈsiːlɪə
obelia
əʊˈbiːlɪə
parhelia
pɑːˈhiːlɪə
phacelia
fəˈsiːlɪə
stapelia
stəˈpiːlɪə
syringomyelia
səˌrɪŋɡəʊmaɪˈiːlɪə
telia
ˈtiːlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOBELIA

lobbyer
lobbygow
lobbying
lobbyism
lobbyist
lobe
lobectomies
lobectomy
lobefin
lobelet
lobeline
Lobengula
lobing
lobiped
Lobito
loblollies
loblolly
loblolly boy
loblolly man
lobo

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOBELIA

aphelia
borrelia
bumelia
cimelia
dysmelia
Eastern Rumelia
endothelia
eutrapelia
mesothelia
Morelia
paranthelia
perihelia
phocomelia
promycelia
psychedelia
Roumelia
Rumelia
sprekelia
triskelia
water lobelia

Synonyms and antonyms of lobelia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lobelia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOBELIA

Find out the translation of lobelia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lobelia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lobelia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半边莲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lobelia
570 millions of speakers

English

lobelia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लोबेलिआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللوبيليا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лобелия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lobélia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lobelia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lobelia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lobelia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lobelie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロベリア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

로벨리아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lobelia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây có hoa màu xanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோட்ட செடி வகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोबेलिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lobelia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lobelia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lobelia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лобелія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Lobelia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λοβηλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lobelia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lobelia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lobelia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lobelia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOBELIA»

The term «lobelia» is regularly used and occupies the 67.261 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOBELIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lobelia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lobelia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lobelia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOBELIA»

Discover the use of lobelia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lobelia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic, ...
Lobelia inflata Linn. Lobelia nicotianaefolia Heyne Lobelia excelsa Lesch. Habitat Lobelia inflata is indigenous to America and Canada. Indian substitutes, Lobelia nicotianaefolia and Lobelia excelsa, are found in western Ghats, from Mumbai ...
C.P. Khare, 2004
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CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference
Lobelia chinensis 484 Lobelia siphilitica ley National Monument, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Zion National Park 15648. (1) Lobelia chinensis; (3) campanulaceae; (6) depurative, rheumatism ...
Tim Johnson, 1998
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The Book of Swamp and Bog: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of ...
The chief source of these plant by-products is decomposing leatherleaf and northern white cedar vegetation. Lobelia, Great (Lobelia siphilitica). Lobelia family. Herb in swamps, wet ground. Identify this lobelia by its height (up to three feet) and ...
John Andrew Eastman, 1995
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American Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated and Descriptive ...
Lobelia has been recommended and used in the Botanic practice particularly, either alone or compounded with other drugs, for almost every disease known, and has proven curative in some cases, palliative in more, useless in many, and a ...
Charles Frederick Millspaugh, 1892
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The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Physiology V1: Chemistry and ...
Lobelia Alkaloids Many species of Lobelia have been examined and several reported as containing alkaloids. However, all the known alkaloids of this group have been isolated from Lobelia inflata L., with the exception of lobinaline which  ...
R. H. F. Manske, Henry Lavergne Holmes, 1965
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1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants
Magnoliopsida (dicots): Campanulaceae: Lobelia guadeloupetisis (Urban) McVaugh 57/0 V 57/0 Guadeloupe (Mateliane etc.) 57/0 E Lobelia dressleri Wilbur 20««j, 90.57 I 20883 Panama 20883 E Lobelia dunbarii Rock 20850. 14209 E ...
Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett, 1998
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Veterinary Herbal Medicine
Lobelia inflata L. • low-BEE-lee-uh in-FLAT-uh or in-FLAY- tuh Distribution: Eastern North America Other Names: Indian tobacco, puke weed, asthma weed, indianascher tabak, tabac indien Family: Campanulaceae Parts Used: Aerial parts ...
Susan G. Wynn, Barbara Fougère, 2007
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The Psychopharmacology of Herbal Medicine: Plant Drugs that ...
Given the functional antagonism between dopamine and acetylcholine in the striatum, it is likely that arecoline amplified the dys- kinetic effect of neuroleptic medications. Lobelia History and Botany Lobelia (Lobelia inflata), also referred to as ...
Marcello Spinella, 2001
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Thesaurus of Agricultural Organisms
(syn) Spaltglöckchen (D) tabac indien (F) Tabak, Indianischer (D) tobacco, Indian (E) Lobelia longi flora L. (syn) see Isotoma longiflora lobelia, prickly (E) see Lobelia erinus Lobelia pumila Burm. (syn) see Mazus japonicus Lobelia siphilitica L.
Derwent Publications, 1990
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Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: Bignonias to Sunflowers
Capsule loculicidally 2-valved. [Name in honor of Matthias de L'Obel, a Flemish botanist of the Sixteenth Century.] A genus of about 250 species of wide geographic distribution. Type species. Lobelia dortmanna L. Corolla red, 25-50 mm. long.
Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, LeRoy Abrams, 1960

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOBELIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lobelia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bale Mountain Lodge, Ethiopa, where a rare wolf roams free …
Finally, we reach the largest tract of Afro-alpine moorland on the continent, home to the Sanetti Plateau where striking giant lobelia juts into the ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Tips for getting started in gardening - The Post-Crescent
Try hostas, coral bells, ferns, jack-in-the-pulpits, hellebores, cardinal flower, as well as annuals such as coleus, impatiens, fuschia, and lobelia. «Appleton Post Crescent, Jul 15»
3
Sheerness Town Team and school pupils plant flowers around …
... Centre, said: “We have tried to give Sheerness a seaside feel with a Cannova in each tub surrounded by red geraniums and blue lobelia.”. «Kent Online, Jul 15»
4
Bloomin' attractions
Hummingbirds love columbine, flowering quince, trumpet honeysuckle, red buckeye, red bee balm, red pentas, cardinal flower lobelia, trumpet ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
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Enahnce your garden with perennials and see the beauty return
... yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus), cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) and spiderwort (Tradescantia spp.) ... «Muscatine Journal, Jul 15»
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A poetic predicament
This family of flowers, which includes brook lobelia and cardinal flower, generally like to keep their roots damp, but these were growing from a ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
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The wind of change blows through Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden
... replanted in Victorian style, with burgundy alcanteras punctuating ribbons of lobelia, primula and ageratum. It's the sort of planting you hardly ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Into a backyard paradise
... he picked up a set of machinist cupboards and stood them on end and turned them into flower walls by planting varieties of lobelia in each of ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
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Tewkesbury in Bloom blow as sponsorship sign 'goes missing' days …
Chuck planted over 100 individual marigold plants in the bed and edged it with white lobelia while Martin and Marilyn planted up a bed of ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Say it with flowers... and add …
... well to regular deadheading include most of the summer bedding plants you may have in your hanging baskets and containers (lobelia is the ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»

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