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Word	Definition
cortex	Outer layer or layers of cells of stem as opposed to central strand or cylinder.
corticolous	Growing on bark.
costa	Nerve; adj., costate.
crenate	With rounded teeth.
crenulate	With minute rounded teeth, usually formed from bulging cell walls
cribrose	Of peristome teeth, with numerous perforations
crispate	Curled or ruffled
crisped	Strongly curled and twisted
cucufiate	Of leaves, with margin at apex incurved to form hood-shaped tip, of calyptra, hood-shaped and split down one side
cuneate	Tapering to a sharp point. Similar to acute but with straight, not convex, sides.
cushion	Hemispherical plant formed by shoots radiating from a central point.
cuspidate	With a stout point, in leaves formed by thick excurrent nerve and in stem by imbricate, usually concave leaves
cygneous	Strongly curved in upper part like swan's neck.
cylinder	See central strand.
cylindrical	Cylinder-shaped
deciduous	Falling, being lost at maturity.
decumbent	Prostrate with ascending tips.
decurrent	Of leaf base, running down stem forming wings
dehisce	Open by loss of lid or opening of valves; adj., dehiscent.
deltoid	About the same length as width. Shaped like a triangle in which all sides are the same length.

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