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C scandens Cobaea Co*b[ae]"a (k[-o]*b[=e]"[.a]), n. [Named after D. Cobo,
a Spanish botanist.]
A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South
America. C. scandens is a conservatory climber with large
bell-shaped flowers.
Celastrus scandens Waxwork Wax"work`, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens).
It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open
in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the
seeds.
Celastrus scandens Bittersweet Bit"ter*sweet`, n.
1. Anything which is bittersweet.
2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
3. (Bot.)
(a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries
(Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole
plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish
and then bitter. The branches are the officinal
dulcamara.
(b) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens),
whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and
disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also
called Roxbury waxwork.
Entada scandens Scimiter Scim"i*ter, Scimitar Scim"i*tar, n. [F. cimeterre,
cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra
with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[=i]r.]
1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the
convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs
and persians. [Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]
2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Scimiter pods (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a
leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens)
growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard
round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are
made into boxes.
Entada scandens Cacoon Ca*coon", n.
One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada
scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
Entada scandens Florida bean Flor"i*da bean" (Bot.)
(a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens.
See under Bean.
(b) One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens.
