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  • Code

    The usual abbreviation for the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, which governs the application of scientific names in botany. The current Code is the Vienna Code (McNeill et al., 2006). Identification numbers or letters or other marks on containers to indicate to the producer the product, line, quality, location, etc., or to indicate to the…

  • Cochleate

    Spiral, like the shell of a snail.  

  • Cochlear

    (Of flower buds) imbricate, with one member completely inside, and one member completely outside and enveloping all others. Referring to the cochlea.  

  • Coccus (plural cocci)

    Coccus (plural cocci)

    One of the separate parts of a lobed capsule (e.g. in Euphorbiaceae) or of a schizocarp.  

  • Cobwebby, cobweb-like

    With thin threads or filaments, usually entangled.  

  • Cob

    The spike of maize, especially at the fruit stage.  

  • Coaxillary, co-axillary

    Running with the main axis but separate from it.  

  • Coat

    Coat

    The successive layers of a bulb. To cover with a thin layer of flour, sugar, nuts, crumbs, Sesame or Poppy seed, Cinnamon, sugar or a few of the ground spices. A layer of material covering an organ or a cavity. Covering, especially a membrane that forms a wall. A covering or a layer in the…

  • Coarctate

    Closely pressed together.  

  • Coalescent

    Partially, irregularly and superficially joined. Growing together. Partially and irregularly fused.  

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