Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling the Lobeliaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, dated Of or pertaining to the former plant
family Lobeliaceae, including thelobelia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective belonging to the family Lobeliaceae
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Examples
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There's an element of danger in foot-ball as in all other athletic exercises; but that is no reason why we should confine the youngsters to croquet, mumble-peg and finger-billiards, and allow the race to degenerate into a lobeliaceous aggregation of lollipops.
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