What's the difference between lobelia and lobeliaceous?
Lobelia
Definition:
(n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia 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, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.
Example Sentences:
(1) A crude methanolic extract of the leaves of Lobelia inflata exhibited antidepressant activity in mice.
Lobeliaceous
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.