Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name of a leguminous plant of southern Africa, Physolobium, with bladdery pods.
  • noun In the United States, Vesicaria Shortii, a cruciferous plant with globose capsules.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a North American wild lobelia (Lobelia inflata) having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic.
  • noun any of a number of annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some are placed in the genus Lesquerella.
  • noun any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods.
  • noun any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic
  • noun any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods
  • noun annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella
  • noun any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods

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  • Its scientific name is Lobelia inflata, but it is also known as asthma weed, Indian tobacco, wild tobacco, gagroot, bladderpod, Lobelie, pukeweed and vomit wort according to WebMD.

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