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An alphabetical listing of General terms and items. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Caducous   Falling off early or prematurely; deciduous. Calcareous   Limy; as in water or soil made basic by a prevailing amount of calcium ions. Calciphilous   Lime loving. Callosity   A hardened thickening. Callous   Having the texture of a callus. Callus   A hard protuberance or callosity; often (in grasses) the swelling at the base or joint of insertion of the lemma or palea. Calyx   The outer, usually green, series of perianth parts; the sepals taken collectively. Cambium   Thin layer of meristematic cells, typically that which gives rise to secondary xylem or phloem. Campanulate   Bell-shaped or cup-shaped, typically with a flared or enhanced rim. Canaliculate   Having a groove or channel. Cancellate   Having a net-like or sculptured surface. Cane   The elongated new shoot of shrubs, such as in Rubus. Canescent   Densely beset with matted, often grayish-pubescent, hairs. Capillary   Hair like. Capitate   Head like; very densely clustered. Capitulum   A small head of flowers. Capsule   A dry dehiscent fruit composed of two or more carpels. Carinate   Keeled. Carpel   A pistil, or one of the units of a compound pistil. Carpellate   Having carpels. Back to top Cartilaginous   Cartilage like; firm and tough but neither rigid nor bony. Caryopsis   In grasses, a seed-like fruit with a thin pericarp; a grain. Catkin   A dry and scaly flowering spike Caudate   Tail-like, or bearing a tail-like appendage. Caudex   The ligneous or woody base or a perennial plant. Caulescent   Having an above-ground stem. Cauline   Pertaining to the stem or features of the stem. Cespitose   Tufted, usually referring to the compact arrangement of the stem bases with respect to each other and their position in the soil; sometimes spelled caespitose. Chaff   Dry, scaly, often small, bracts; typically referring to those scales subtending the individual flowers in composite heads. Chalaza   The basal part of an ovule where it is attached to the funiculus. Chambered   Areas in the hollow pith of twigs where vertical walls occur at close intervals. Chartaceous   Thin, but firm; resembling the more ancient writing paper. Chink   A modified pore, usually involving an opening in the anther. Chlorophyll   The green photosynthetic pigment. Chlorosis   A symptom of disease or disorder in plants in which a plant or part of a plant is light green or greenish-yellow because of poor chlorophyll development or destruction of chlorophyll Cilia   Hairs or slender bristles confined to the margins of some organ. Ciliate   Fringed with cilia; bearing cilia on the margins. Ciliolate   Minutely ciliate. Ciliolulate   Minutely ciliolulate. Cinereous   Ash-gray colored. Back to top Circinate   Rolled coilwise from the top downward, as in unopened fern fronds. Circumscissile   Pertaining to the dehiscence of a capsule (pyxis) which opens by a circular, horizontal line, the top usually coming off as a lid. Clammy   Sticky-hairy. Clasping   Tending to encircle or invest, as in the base of a leaf which forms partly around the stem to which it is attached. Clasping Leaf   When a stalk-less leaf encircles the stem. Clavate   Club-shaped; dilated upwards. Claw   The narrowed base or stalk of some petals. Cleft   Distinctly divided or incised, usually to about the middle. Cleistogamous   Fertilized in the bud, without the opening of the flower. Cleistogene   Flowers devoid of a corolla. The flowers never open, but develop into fruits by self-fertilization. Clone   A group of individuals, resulting from vegetative multiplication; any plant propagated vegetatively and therefore, presumably a duplicate of its parent. Coarse   Rough. Column   Sheath or structure formed by the uniting of stamens around the pistil. Columnar   Shaped like a column or pillar. Coma   A dense tuft of hairs, often resembling a beard, attached to a seed. Comose   Bearded, with a coma. Compound   Pertaining to leaves which are divided into distinct leaflets. Compressed   Strongly flattened, especially laterally. Concave   Hollow; in the context of the interior of a curved surface; opposite of convex. Concentric   Two or more circles having a center in common. Back to top Conduplicate   Folded together lengthwise. Cone   Three-dimensional object with a circular base, the sides all tapering to a point at the summit; the fruit of pines and their relatives; spore case of Equisetum. Compare strobile. Conical   Cone-shaped. Coniferous   Cone-bearing. Connate   Fused or united to a similar plant part. Compare adnate. Connective   The part of the stamen which connects the two parts of an anther. Connivent   Coming together; meeting at a common point but not fused. Conspecific   Said of two or more taxa belonging to the same species. Contracted   Abruptly narrowed or reduced. Convex   Curved or rounded, as the exterior of a circular form viewed from without; opposite of concave. Convolute   Rolled up longitudinally. Coralline   White and coral-like. Cordate   Heart-shaped. Coriaceous   Leather-like. Corm   A solid, bulb-like part, usually subterranean, as the "bulb" of a crocus or gladiolus. Cormose   Bearing corms. Corniculate   Furnished with a little horn. Corolla   The inner series of perianth parts, often colored; the petals taken collectively. Corona   A short-cylindric or crown-like modification of the corolla; also, a small crown in the throat of a corolla, as in Narcissus. Coronate   With a corona. Back to top Corrugated   Wrinkled or folded longitudinally. Corymb   An arrangement of the inflorescence in which stalked flowers are situated along a central axis, but with the flowers all nearly or quite attaining the same elevation with respect to each other, the oldest at the edges. Corymbiform   Resembling a corymb. Corymbose   Corymb-like. Corymbulose   Resembling small corymbs. Costate   Ribbed; having one or longitudinal nerves. Cottony   With the consistency of cotton. Cotyledon   A seed leaf; the first leaf (or leaves) to appear during the development of a seedling. Crateriform   Saucer-shaped or cup-shaped (usually shallowly so). Crenate   Very shallowly toothed with broad, blunt teeth. Crenulate   Minutely crenate. Crest   A ridge or strong keel, typically along one side of an achene or nutlet; also, the elevated portion of a petal, as in some Iris. Crown   That portion of a stem at the ground surface; also, in the Asteraceae family, scales or awns at the summit of an achene. Cruciferous   With four petals in the form of a cross. Cruciform   Cross-shaped. Cucullate   Hood-shaped. Culm   The stem of grasses, sedges, and rushes. Cultivar   A cultivated variation. Culture   A small segment of a plant grown in a nutrient-rich medium; asexual reproduction Cuneate   Wedge-shaped. Back to top Cusp   An abrupt point or tooth. Cuspidate   Bearing a cusp. Cuticle   An often waxy, outer film of dead epidermal cells. Cyathium   The cup-like involucre characteristic of the genus Euphorbia. Cylindrical   Shaped like a cylinder. Cyme   An often flat-topped inflorescence, the central floret of which blooms first. Cymose   Resembling a cyme. Cymule   A small, often compacted and usually few-flowered, cyme. Back to top