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combretum|kɒmˈbriːtəm|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Genera Plantarum (1737) 308): see combretaceous a.]
Any member of the genus of woody plants so named.
1819Curtis's Bot. Mag. XLVI. 2102 This plant was first recorded as a Combretum by Lamarck. 1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 1068 Combrétum and Quisquális are among the most splendid of the climbing plants of the tropics, adorning the trees from which they depend with garlands of white and crimson, and yellow. 1929F. W. H. Migeod in Times 19 Dec. 15/6 This same land risen 700 ft. above the sea, now bears only grass with small trees, included among which are combretums, acacias, euphorbias, [etc.]. 1962N. Carr Return to Wild v. 46 The running fight had by this time shifted into a thick patch of combretum bush and it was difficult to follow its progress. |