Lo-bē'li-ā, n.

n. [From Lobel, botanist to King James I.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. L. inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous, white, viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, &c. L. cardinalis is the cardinal-flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.