koboldIne

[Named by Beudant from Old Ger. kobold =cobalt; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: The same as LINNÆITE (q. v.). kō-brēş-I-a, s. [Named after De Kobres, a German patron of botany.] Bot.: A genus of Cyperaceæ, tribe Elynese ( Lind ley ), or Caricinese ( Sir Joseph Hooper ). The female flowers have a lateral scale. Known species three; one, Kobresia caricina , a sedge-like plant, four to nine inches high, with wiry, recurved leaves, being found on upland moors.