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  • English Word Lobe Definition A rounded projection or division of a leaf.
  • English Word Lobe Definition A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot.
  • English Word Lobe Definition A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of Brain.
  • English Word Lobe Definition The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.
  • English Word Lobe-footed Definition Lobiped.
  • English Word Lobed Definition Having lobes; lobate.
  • English Word Lobefoot Definition A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.
  • English Word Lobelet Definition A small lobe; a lobule.
  • English Word Lobelia Definition 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.
  • English Word Lobeliaceous Definition Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.
  • English Word Lobelin Definition A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.
  • English Word Lobeline Definition A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor.
  • English Word Lobiped Definition Having lobate toes, as a coot.
  • English Word Loblolly Definition Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
  • English Word Lobosa Definition An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba.
  • English Word Lobscouse Definition A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.
  • English Word Lobsided Definition See Lopsided.
  • English Word Lobspound Definition A prison.
  • English Word Lobster Definition Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.
  • English Word Lobular Definition Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.
  • English Word Lobulate Definition Alt. of Lobulated
  • English Word Lobulated Definition Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.
  • English Word Lobule Definition A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
  • English Word Lobulette Definition A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.
  • English Word Lobworm Definition The lugworm.
  • English Word Loca Definition of Locus
  • English Word Local Definition Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.
  • English Word Local Definition A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.
  • English Word Local Definition On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.
  • English Word Locale Definition A place, spot, or location.