Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A division, ordinal or subordinal, of the class or order Ctenophora, including those comb-bearing hydroids or ctenophorans which have a pair of oral lobes: distinguished from
Tæniata and Saccata. The Lobata are composed of such forms as Eurhamphæa, Bolina, Mnemia, Calymma, and Ocyroë.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes
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Examples
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Peggy, the red-orange-yellow thing is a stunning vine called Spanish Flag, Mina lobata.
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Over 230 bird species have been recorded, 143 typical of primary forest, including white-breasted guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides (E), Nimba flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae (I), western wattled cuckoo-shrike Campephaga lobata (V), and yellow-throated olive greenbul Criniger olivaceus (V).
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Good for succession: the early pink rose gives way to the late-summer yellows, oranges and reds of Ipomoea lobata (Spanish flag), which goes well with rudbeckias, crocosmias and Hemerocallis 'Frans Hals'.
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Vigorous plants such as Cobaea scandens (the cup and saucer plant), Ipomoea lobata (Spanish flag), sweet peas and the hyacinth bean (Lablab) are easy to grow from seed if you can't find them in the garden centre.
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Willows, Western Sycamore, Box elder, Fremont Cottonwood, and the Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) were dominant tree species.
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Here is an unpleasant roadside weed, the infamous kudzu vine, Pueraria montana var. lobata.
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The Los Angeles basin and San Fernando Valley were noted for their extensive savannas of coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) and valley oak (Quercus lobata).
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(This is not the same kudzu, P. lobata, that took over so much land in Alabama and elsewhere.)
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P. lobata does not set seed freely but P. tuberosa produces seeds abundantly.
Chapter 21 1987
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Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) root starch as a substrate for the lysine-enriched bakers 'yeast and ethanol fermentation process.
Chapter 21 1987
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