Meanings
- no pluralLeucospora multifida, a small annual plant in the family Plantaginaceae that has pale lavender flowers and grows to around 20 cm (8 in) tall.
Synonyms: narrow-leaved paleseed, cliff conobea, cut-leaved conobea, much-cleft conobea
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLeucospora multifida, a small annual plant in the family Plantaginaceae that has pale lavender flowers and grows to around 20 cm (8 in) tall.
Origin
Named after Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi, and is sometimes considered as purely a joke snuck into the 1994 edition of the Plants of the Chicago Region. However, this actually was a name in use by regional botanists at the time.
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Obi-Wan conobea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Obi-Wan%20conobea
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