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  • China blue

    China blue

    (Colour) pale blue.  

  • Chim(a)era

    Plant or part of plant with cells of two genetically different types, by mutation or by grafting.  

  • Chestnut

    Chestnut

    (Colour) reddish brown. The comestible seed, ensconced in a sleek tawny shell surrounded by a thorny husk, emanates from a deciduous tree that is a member of the Fagaceae family, encompassing both the oak and beech species. This seed, also known as a chestnut, can be subjected to various culinary preparations such as roasting, boiling…

  • Chasmophyte, chasmophytic

    Growing in rock crevices or on rock faces in narrow ravines.  

  • Chasmogamy

    Condition of being pollinated when flowers are open.  

  • Chasmogamous

    Pollinated when flowers are open.  

  • Chartaceous

    Chartaceous

    Thin and stiff, like paper. Papery, or parchment-like in character.  

  • Character weighting

    A tariff applied to determine which characters are most important in establishing putative relationships.  

  • Character state

    Any of the alternative forms or values a given character can have (e.g. present or absent; alternate, opposite or whorled).  

  • Character

    Single technical difference, used to distinguish taxa; a feature of a plant The sum of a person’s relatively fixed personality traits and habitual modes of response. Character develops over time, is related to infantile solutions to particular conflicts, and is slow to change, even with psychoanalytic interventions. A feature of a plant that is used…

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