cobaea

British  

/ kəʊˈbiːə /

noun

1. any climbing shrub of the tropical American genus Cobaea, esp C. scandens, grown for its large trumpet-shaped purple or white flowers: family Polemoniaceae

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Etymology

Origin of cobaea

named after Bernabé Cobo (1572–1659), Jesuit missionary and naturalist

Example Sentences

Cobaea, or any morning glory or nasturtium relative, is sown in May in the greenhouse or under lights.

From Seattle Times

Todd Forrest, vice president of horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, said he was astonished to find on the High Line plantings of a wildflower from Arkansas named Penstemon cobaea.

From Washington Post

Pentstemon.—The popular garden varieties have sprung from P. Hartwegii and P. Cobaea.

From Project Gutenberg

In some cases, however, they are transformed into leaves, like the calyx, and occasionally leaf-buds are developed in their axil They are seldom green, although occasionally that colour is met with, as in some species of Cobaea, Hoya viridiflora, Gonolobus viridiflorus and Pentatropis spiralis.

From Project Gutenberg

In order that the reader may know what points have interested me most, I may call his attention to certain tendril-bearing plants; for instance, Bignonia capreolata, Cobaea, Echinocystis, and Hanburya, which display as beautiful adaptations as can be found in any part of the kingdom of nature.

From Project Gutenberg