lobelia

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UK/ləʊˈbiː.liə/US/loʊˈbi.liə/

noun

A member of the genus Lobelia, flowering plants in the Lobelioideae subfamily of family Campanulaceae, containing many species, some of which are garden plants.

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Meanings

nounlobelia (plural lobelias)

plural lobelias

  1. A member of the genus Lobelia, flowering plants in the Lobelioideae subfamily of family Campanulaceae, containing many species, some of which are garden plants.

Origin

  1. translingualLobelia
  2. Englishlobelia

Internationalism. Learned borrowing from translingual Lobelia.

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Translations

Arabic لُوبِيلِيَة
  • لُوبِيلِيَة (lūbīliya)any plant of the genus Lobelia
Catalan lobèlia
  • lobèliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Dutch lobelia
  • lobeliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Esperanto lobelio
  • lobelioany plant of the genus Lobelia
Estonian lobeelia
  • lobeeliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Finnish lobelia
  • lobeliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
French lobélie
  • lobélieany plant of the genus Lobelia
German Lobelie
  • Lobelieany plant of the genus Lobelia
Italian lobelia
  • lobeliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Japanese ロベリア
  • ロベリア (roberia)any plant of the genus Lobelia
Latin lobelia
  • lobeliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Polish lobelia, stroiczka
  • lobeliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
  • stroiczkaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Portuguese lobélia
  • lobéliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Romanian lobelie
  • lobelieany plant of the genus Lobelia
Russian лобе́лия
  • лобе́лия (lobélija)any plant of the genus Lobelia
Swedish lobelia
  • lobeliaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Turkish lobelya
  • lobelyaany plant of the genus Lobelia
Ukrainian лобе́лія
  • лобе́лія (lobélija)any plant of the genus Lobelia

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Cite this entry
APA

lobelia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lobelia

MLA

“lobelia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lobelia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lobelia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lobelia.

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