eccremocarpus

British

/ ˌɛkrəməˈkɑːpəs /

noun

any plant of the evergreen climbing genus Eccremocarpus, esp E. scaber, grown for its decorative pinnate foliage and bright orange-red bell flowers: family Bignoniaceae

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Etymology

Origin of eccremocarpus

New Latin, from Greek ekkremēs suspended + karpos fruit

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Mina lobata is generally admired, and though of a different family bears a slight resemblance to an eccremocarpus, both in the shape of its flowers and in the way they are arranged on the stem.

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Eccremocarpus scaber.—Climber for wall, arch, or pergola, with reddish flowers.

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Regular peloria of Eccremocarpus scaber 222121.

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In Cobæa scandens the foliar nature of the tendril is shown by the occasional presence of a small leaflet on one of the branches of the tendril, and a similar appearance may frequently be seen in Eccremocarpus scaber.

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Such are the beautiful Lapageria and Philesia, the grand Pitcairneas, and the genera Fuchsia, Mitraria, Embothrium, Escallonia, Desfontainea, Eccremocarpus, and many Gesneraceae.

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