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1. tobacco plant of South America and Mexico

2. North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic

1. : an American wild lobelia (Lobelia inflata) with small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic

2. [probably from indian (II) 1] : hemp

3. : a wild tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)

4. : a plant of the genus Antennaria; especially : a common cat's-foot (A. plantaginifolia) of eastern No. America

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

[1610-20]

Indian tobacco noun

An American flowering plant (Lobelia inflata) with inflated seed pods

Main Entry: ↑Indian

Indian tobacco,

a North American weed of the lobelia family having small blue flowers and swollen capsules, used in medicine as an emetic and expectorant.