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Conform
(Of terminal fern pinnae) of the same shape as the others.
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Confocal
Used for two main veins that both emerge at the base of the leaf.
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Confluent
Coming together and merging. Blended together. The blending together of the intellectual and affective side of humans. Merging, joining, running together (e.g., confluent tissues, pustules, or lesions). Running together, or joined, as when adjacent rashes merge. The term “coalescence” refers to the process of merging or coming together. It is employed, for instance, to describe…
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Conflorescence
A compound inflorescence, consisting of two or more part-inflorescences, in which the main axis does not end in a flower, but the axes of the branches do [obscure term].
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Conferted
(Of leaves) closely packed or crowded together.
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Cone scale
Scale of the fruit of a gymnosperm, of which the form is often useful in identification.
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Cone
(Shape) a symmetrical 3-dimensional shape with the base a circle, the sides straight and narrowing to a point at the apex; The fruit of a gymnosperm with the scales overlapping (properly a strobilus), and hence any inflorescence or fruit with overlapping scales. One of the special retinal receptor elements which are presumed to be primarily…
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Conduplicate
Folded together lengthwise with the upper surfaces closely parallel and facing each other (e.g. unfolding leaves). Folded upon itself on its longest diameter, like a double sheet of note paper.
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Condensed
Dense (of inflorescence). Made compact or more dense.
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Concrescent
Growing together.
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