Category: C
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Cymose
(Adject) with a cyme. Having a cyme-like character.
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Cyme
A sympodial inflorescence in which the central flower opens first, growth being continued by axillary buds arising below this central flower; Sometimes used for a compound, more or less flattopped inflorescence [imprecise and not recommended]; Flat-topped cluster, with idea of centrifugal flowering grafted on, as in Linnaeus (Rickett, 1955); A broad class of inflorescences characterized…
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Cymbiform
Boat-shaped.
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Cymba
Woody boat-shaped bract enveloping the inflorescence, as in some palms [unusual term].
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Cylindric(al)
Like a cylinder, i.e. long and narrow with a circular cross-section. Tubular- or rod-shaped. A shape having the same diameter throughout; tube-like.
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Cyclic
Arranged in whorls (usually of foliar or floral structures). Pertaining to or occurring in a cycle or cycles; the term is applied to chemical compounds that contain a ring of atoms in the nucleus. Occurring periodically. Occurring or repeated in cycles. Referring to organic compounds composed of a closed ring of atoms.
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Cyathophyll
The bracts enveloping a cyathium in Euphorbiaceae [obscure term].
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Cyathium (plural cyathia)
(In Euphorbiaceae) the cup-shaped involucre with the flowers inserted on it, the whole slightly resembling a single flower. A cup-shaped structure, in ferns an indusium completely surrounding the receptacle, in Euphorbiaceae an involucre on which the flowers sit, formed from fused bracts.
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Cyathiform
Shaped like a drinking cup. Shaped like a wine-glass.
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Cyatheoid indusium
With a cup-shaped indusium completely surrounding the receptacle.