a. Bot. [f. bot.L. Combretaceæ, f. generic name Combrētum (applied by Pliny to some plant, prob. a kind of rush) + -OUS.] Of or belonging to the N.O. Combretaceæ, of which the typical genus Combretum consists of trailing or climbing tropical shrubs, some remarkable for the beauty of their flowers.
1864. Bates, Nat. Amazon, vi. 140. I see now and then a gorgeous crimson blossom on long spikes…. I suppose it to belong to a climber of the Combretaceous order.
