I have always understood COB as meaning it looks like a corn cob. To me, your definition of COB is more like SMD which stands for Surface Mount Diode.
Many people seem to think SMD stands for a certain type of LED, like a 3528 for example, while it actually defines the package and the type of mounting to the Board.
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