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Indian tobacco

American  

noun

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

Indian tobacco British  

noun

  1. a poisonous North American campanulaceous plant, Lobelia inflata, with small pale blue flowers and rounded inflated seed capsules

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Etymology

Origin of Indian tobacco

First recorded in 1610–20

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