LOBELIA SIPHILITICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lobelia siphilitica mean? 

• LOBELIA SIPHILITICA (noun)
  The noun LOBELIA SIPHILITICA has 1 sense:

1. tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers

  Familiarity information: LOBELIA SIPHILITICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOBELIA SIPHILITICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue cardinal flower; great lobelia; Lobelia siphilitica

Hypernyms ("Lobelia siphilitica" is a kind of...):

lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the roots of Lobelia siphilitica.

(Lobelia siphilitica Root Oil, NCI Thesaurus)