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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, of the natural order Lobeliaceæ, the only species of which is H. longiflora, an herbaceous plant, a native of Jamaica and other West Indian islands. It is one of the most poisonous of plants; horses are said to be violently purged after eating it.
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