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Common receptacle
Receptacle supporting more than one organ.
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Common petiole
The main leaf-stalk in compound leaves; technically, petiole on its own is sufficient.
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Common name
A local popular name, as opposed to the scientific name; vernacular name. The names by which plants are commonly known as distinct from their Latin or scientific ones (which, unlike common names, are universally recognized). Sometimes the two coincide and as a plant can have several common names it is usual for books to list…
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Commensalism
Form of symbiosis in which one organism profits and the other neither profits nor is harmed. A relationship between two kinds of living organism whereby one (the commensal) benefits and the other (the host) remains relatively or absolutely unaffected, and which is often obligatory for the commensal. The symbiotic relationship of two organisms of different…
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Comb. nov
(From the Latin combinatio nova) new combination, the specific epithet used with another genus name.
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Columnar
In the form of a column or pillar. Shaped like column or narrow cylinder, used to describe the crown shape of certain trees.
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Column foot
(In an orchid flower) a ventral extension at the base of the column, the lip is attached at its tip.
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Column
(In orchids) the adnate styles and stamens forming a solid central body; The tube of connate anther filaments (e.g. in Malvaceae); (In grasses) the lower twisted part of the awn. A center structure in a flower formed by united stamens, or stamens united with style or stigma. The adnate styles and stamens forming a solid…
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Columella
Persistent central axis around which the fruit locules are arranged. The axis to which the carpels of a compound fruit are attached. A part resembling a small column. For example, the columella cochleae (modiolus) is the central pillar of the cochlea, around which the spiral cochlear canal winds. The columella nasi is the anterior part…
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Colubrinoid
Snake-like.
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