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Coppice
(Verb) to cut back to near ground level at regular intervals; (Noun) vegetation in which trees or shrubs are regularly cut to ground level, but resprout after cutting.
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Coppery
(Colour) shiny brownish red.
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Copious
Much, a lot, abundant.
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Copal
Semi-fossilised tree resin.
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Convolute
In flower bud aestivation meaning rolled in the length and overlapping, each segment enveloping the next, like a closed umbrella. Rolled up lengthwise, one edge over the other. Of a flower bud when petals are rolled in along their length and overlap, each segment enveloping the next.
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Convex
With a rounded surface, like the outside of a bowl. Regularly rounded; broadly obtuse. Said of a cap of mushrooms. Curving towards the outside.
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Contrary
In the opposite direction.
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Contraligule
Membranous, ligule-like structure in Cyperaceae at the apex of the leaf-sheath on the side of the culm facing away from the leaf-blade.
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Contractile root
Root that can shorten so as to keep the bulb, corm or rhizome at a particular level.
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Contracted
(Of inflorescences) when narrow and dense. Either narrowed or shortened.
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