Category: C
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Cv
Cultivar, a variety known only in cultivation.
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Cuspidate
Abruptly tipped with a sharp rigid point. A sharp-pointed tip formed by abruptly and sharply concave sides.
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Cushion
(Of habit) plants many and close together, forming a dense rounded mass; (Of flowers) swollen axis on which several flowers are borne. In anatomy, a mass of connective tissue, usually adipose, that acts to prevent undue pressure on underlying tissues or structures. A bursa, as well as other similar structures, can be described as a…
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Curvinerved
With curved parallel veins.
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Curly
(Of hairs) with several bends, tortuous.
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Cupuliform
Cup-shaped; wine-glass-shaped.
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Cupule
Cup-like structure at the base of fruits, formed by the dry, enlarged floral envelope, as in Lauraceae and Quercus (Fagaceae). A series of fused bracts that form a cup beneath the true fruit, as in the acorn.
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Cupulate
Bearing a cupule; Cup-shaped with ± truncate edge, not lobed.
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Cupular
Cup-shaped.
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Cupula
Cup-like structure at the base of fruits, formed by the dry, enlarged floral envelope. Part shaped like a small inverted cup (e.g., cupula pleurae, roof of the pleural cavity). A small dome-shaped structure consisting of sensory hairs embedded in gelatinous material, forming part of a crista in the ampullae of the semicircular canals of the…