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Crassinucellate
(Of ovules) with a thick nucellus up to the time of embryo-sac formation.
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Crassate
Rather thick [unusual term, not recommended].
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Craspedodromous
With the veins running directly from the midrib to the leaf margin and ending there.
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Craspedium
A fruit that breaks up (either with the valves separating as a single unit or breaking into separate articles) to leave the suture as a persistent rim or replum.
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Cover crop
Plants grown to combat soil erosion.
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Couplet
(In an identification key) term for two opposing possible choices.
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Counter-clockwise
(Of growing or overlapping) when seen from above, in a direction opposite to that of the hands of a clock.
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Coumarin
An organic chemical (a benzopyrone) that smells of freshly cut grass. A chroman derivative, occurring in many flavoring agents, such as cassie, woodruff, lavender, and lovage. These flavoring agents are extensively used in sweets, liqueurs, and certain wines. Coumarin is a minor constituent of certain edible fruits, for example, strawberries, cherries, apricots, and a major…
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Cotyliform
Of a lobed structure: cup-shaped with a short broad tubular base and an erect limb [unusual term].
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Costule
Midrib of a fern pinnule.
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