prop. n. [ Named after D. Cobo, a Spanish botanist. ] A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. Cobaea scandens (called cup-and-saucer vine, monastery bells, or Mexican ivy) is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Jacobean. ] (Bot.) A bulbous plant (Amaryllis formosissima syn. Sprekelia formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [ Written also Jacobean. ]