lobeliaceous

[loh-bee-lee-ey-shuh s]

adjective

belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.

Compare lobelia family.

Origin of lobeliaceous

1820–30; < New Latin Lobeliace(ae) (see lobelia, -aceae) + -ous

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