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Contorted
Of sepals or petals in the bud when each overlaps its neighbour on one side, and is overlapped by its neighbour on the other side. Twisted together. Of a flower bud when each petal overlaps its neighbour on one side and is overlapped by its neighbour on the other side.
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Continuous
Not interrupted.
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Contiguous
Without an interruption; Adjacent and touching.
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Constricted
(Abruptly) narrowed. To make a passage narrower.
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Conspicuous
Standing out, clear, remarkable.
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Conspecific
Belonging to the same species.
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Conserved, (nomen conservandum, nom. cons.)
(In nomenclature) a name, the use of which is officially permitted despite its contravention of one or more articles of the I.C.B.N. A term used to describe a domain (region) of a molecule on the surface of a rapidly mutating microorganism (e.g., the AIDS virus) that remains the same in all, or most, variations of…
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Conoidal
Somewhat cone-shaped.
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Conoid
Cone-like.
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Conocarpium
A multiple fruit, of many fruits on a common receptacle, as in a strawberry.
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