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INDIAN TOBACCO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bladderpod; Indian tobacco; Lobelia inflata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian tobacco" is a kind of...):

lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tobacco plant of South America and Mexico

Synonyms:

Indian tobacco; Nicotiana rustica; wild tobacco

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian tobacco" is a kind of...):

tobacco; tobacco plant (aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs)

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