Category: C
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Cristate
With a crest, a narrow band of stiff hairs or a narrow irregular ridge.
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Crispate
Curled or ruffled, e.g. of a leaf margin.
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Crinite
With a tuft of hairs [unusual term]. Furnished with long hairs.
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Crimson
(Colour) deep red with a slight tinge of purple.
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Crimped
Pleated; Sometimes used to include crumpled, but crimped is more regular.
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Cribrose, cribriform
Pierced with many holes, like a sieve [old-fashioned term].
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Crevices
Narrow fissures or splits in rock or bark. A small fissure or crack.
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Crested
With an elevated, irregular ridge. Bearing an elevated appendage like a crest.
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Crescentic
Curved and thinner at either end than in the middle; shaped like a young moon.
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Crenulate
Of margins, with small crenate teeth.