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Word	Definition
bulbil	Vegetative reproductive body, usually axillary, with apical projections or leaf primordia
bullate	Blistered; inflated; puckered.
caducous	Readily falling off.
caespitose	Tufted, forming tufts.
calyptra	Structure developed from the venter of the archegonium covering the young capsule and at least the lid of older capsules, falling or not as capsule matures.
campanulate	Bell-shaped.
camptodrome	Veins running in parallel from base to tip
canescent	covered with gray or white soft hairs
capitulum	Head composed of crowded branches at stem tip of Sphagnum.
capsule	The spore-bearing structure of mosses usually differentiated into the theca or spore case and a basal sterile portion, the neck.
cartilaginous	Thick and tough, of border of incrassate elongated cells.
catenulate	Like a miniature chain in appearance.
caudate	With a long and thin tip.
cene	Continuous range or series.
central strand	Column of small elongated cells, sometimes with thicker walls, running through centre of stem.
cernuous	Drooping at an angle intermediate between horizontal and vertically downwards
channelled	With a groove formed by upturned margins.
chlorophyllose	With chloroplasts.
ciliate	Hair-like structures on leaf margins or alternating with the processes of the inner peristome; adj., ciliate.
circinate	Very strongly curved and forming a circle

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