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Definition of Lobeliaceous
1. Adjective. Belonging to the family Lobeliaceae.
Definition of Lobeliaceous
1. a. Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.
Definition of Lobeliaceous
1. Adjective. (botany dated) Of or pertaining to the former plant family Lobeliaceae, including the lobelia. ¹
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Medical Definition of Lobeliaceous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobeliaceous
Literary usage of Lobeliaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"A most interesting feature in this forest is the lobeliaceous Delissea undulata.
... This is the only lobeliaceous plant at this elevation. ..."
2. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism by Edward Lee Greene (1906)
"I have, indeed, in the careful investigation of fresh flowers of many species of
lobeliaceous plants—between which group and the ..."
3. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian by Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (1912)
"... and that it was more plentiful over the area where it occurred than perhaps
any other lobeliaceous plant occurring in an equal area on the group. ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"It is to be noted that there are 40 endemic or peculiar nera, one of which is
the curious lobeliaceous tree ..."
5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1919)
"Not very closely related, however, as no Hawaiian lobeliaceous genus is actually
in America. Lobelia, being rather generally distributed, is therefore not ..."
6. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"(5) From the distribution of the genera and species within the Hawaiian Group it
is evident that, as with the early Compositae, the original lobeliaceous ..."
7. Notes on the Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and West Coast of by Robert Oliver Cunningham (1871)
"Another plant that I observed for the first time on this occasion was the Pratia
repens, a little lobeliaceous plant, growing in sandy places, ..."
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