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Declinate
Bent or curved downwards, then curving upwards at the tip.
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Deciduous
Falling seasonally, losing all its leaves for part of the year, not evergreen. Falling after completion of the normal function. A deciduous tree is one that normally loses its leaves at the approach of winter or the dormant season. Plant that sheds its leaves each year. Not persistent or evergreen, as with trees and shrubs…
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Decaploid
With ten sets of chromosomes.
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D.b.h
(Of a tree trunk) diameter at breast height.
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Dasyphyllous
With very hairy leaves [unusual term, not recommended].
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Cytological
Relating to the study of cells or cell life history.
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Cystolith
(Anatomical) mineral concretion.
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Cypsela
An anthocarp with longitudinally oriented awns, bristles or similar structures, as in Dipsacaceae and Compositae/Asteraceae.
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Cypraeiform
Shaped like a cowrie-shell [unusual term].
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Cynarrhodium
Fruit such as a rose-hip, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle and containing achenes.
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