cosmea
(ˈkɒzmɪə)
[mod.L. (C. L. Willdenow Linnæus' Species Plantarum (ed. 4, 1800) III. iii. 2250): see cosmos3.]
= cosmos3.
| 1813 Bot. Mag. XXXVII. 1535 Fine-leaved Cosmea... This beautiful plant..was described and figured by the late Rev. Ant. Jos. Cavanilles, in the year 1791,..[who] gave it the name Cosmos, from its ornamental appearance, since changed by Willdenow to Cosmea, such termination being more consonant with botanical usage. 1933 Discovery Mar. 74/1 When cosmea or Cosmos bipinnatus is grown under short daily periods of sunlight. 1952 V. Gollancz My Dear Timothy xx. 306 There are snapdragons..: early pink cosmea..and annual chrysanthemums. |