Indian tobacco

noun

1

: a poisonous North American annual lobelia (Lobelia inflata) with small blue or white flowers

2

: a wild tobacco (Nicotiana quadrivalvis synonym N. bigelovii) found in dry valleys from southern California to southern Oregon

Examples of Indian tobacco in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Clarke shows off his Indian tobacco plants. —Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

Indian tobacco

noun

1

: an American wild lobelia (Lobelia inflata) with small blue flowers that is the source of the drug lobelia

2

: lobelia sense 2