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Definition of Cabomba
1. Noun. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cabombaceae, Subfamily Cabombaceae, Water-shield Family
Member holonyms: Cabomba Caroliniana, Fanwort, Water-shield
Definition of Cabomba
1. an aquatic plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabomba
Literary usage of Cabomba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"The leaves appearing above the water-surface have either entire margins, for
instance the float-leaves of Cabomba, or have a surface which is only slightly ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"[Guiana name.] A genus of 4 species, natives of the warmer parts of America.
Type species: Cabomba aquatica Aubl. 1. Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray. Cabomba. ..."
3. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Decaisne, Emmanuel Le Maout (1876)
"SEPALS usually 4-5-6, rarely 3 (Cabomba, Brasenia). PETALS imbricate in aestivation,
usually numerous, rarely 3 (Cabomba) ; sometimes all free and ..."
4. Icones Plantarum: Or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1844)
"In the first place, the habit of Cabomba is quite that of the ... It is true that
the structure of the ovule in Cabomba rather resembles ..."
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