lobelia dortmanna

1. 1.

   erect perennial aquatic herb of Europe and North America having submerged spongy leaves and pendulous racemes of blue flowers above the water

   Synonymswater lobelia

   Broaderlobelia

Questions about lobelia dortmanna

What does lobelia dortmanna mean?

lobelia dortmanna means "erect perennial aquatic herb of Europe and North America having submerged spongy leaves and pendulous racemes of blue flowers above the water".

What is another word for lobelia dortmanna?

Close synonyms include water lobelia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lobelia dortmanna a common word?

lobelia dortmanna is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.