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cobæa|kəʊˈbiːə|
[mod.L. (A. J. Cavanilles Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum (1791) I. 11), f. the name of B. Cobo (1572–1659), Spanish missionary and naturalist.]
A member of a genus of climbing shrubs so called, belonging to the family Polemoniaceæ and native to tropical America.
1805Curtis's Bot. Mag. XXII. 851 (heading) Climbing Cobæa. 1873Young Englishwoman Feb. 82/2 Passion flowers, taxonias, cobæas, and other creepers. 1963W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 111 Cobaea is another rampant climber. |