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Indian tobacco

noun

  1. a common American plant, Lobelia inflata, of the lobelia family, having small, blue flowers and inflated capsules.


Indian tobacco

noun

  1. a poisonous North American campanulaceous plant, Lobelia inflata, with small pale blue flowers and rounded inflated seed capsules
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Indian tobacco1

First recorded in 1610–20

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