Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An acrid poisonous principle procured from
Lobelia inflata , said to resemble nicotine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (
Lobelia inflata ) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A natural
alkaloid found in various plants, mostly of thegenus Lobelia , a whiteamorphous powder which is freelysoluble in water, used as an aid tosmoking cessation .
Etymologies
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Translingual Lobelia + -ine
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Examples
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In certain cases (lobeline, nicotine, cyanide, sulphide, etc.) the drug acts on the glomus, in others (e.g. Cardiazol) it acts by central stimulation and again in other cases (e.g. Coramine) it acts centrally and peripherally.
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It may be mentioned here that the effects of the venomous alkaloid spigeline present in pinkroot is similar to those of nicotine, coniine and lobeline.
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