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Carnose
Having the consistency of or resembling flesh.
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Carmine
(Colour) a shade of red.
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Carinate
With a long narrow ridge over the length of the surface. With a Keeled ; furnished with a ridge on one side.
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Carina
Keel: long narrow ridge over the length of a flat or curved surface; Keel formed by the two lower petals in papilionoid flowers in Leguminosae/Fabaceae, these usually partly united or adherent. A keel; the two anterior petals of a papillionaceous flower. A structure shaped like the bottom of a boat, e.g. the cartilage at the…
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Capsule
A dry dehiscent fruit composed of two or more united carpels, opening by valves, slits or pores. A dry, dehiscent fruit composed of more than one carpel. A dry fruit formed from two or more carpels that splits at maturity to release the seeds. Dry fruit that splits open when ripe to scatter seeds. Dry,…
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Capreolate
With tendrils [obscure term].
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Capitulum (plural capitula)
A compact cluster of ± sessile flowers; the capitulum may be surrounded by specialised bracts, the involucre. A short head. A compact cluster of more or less sessile flowers. A dense head of tiny flowers without individual stalks (as in the Daisy and Teasel families), surrounded by an involucre of bracts. The rounded end of…
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Capitulescence
An aggregation of capitula as found in the Compositae/Asteraceae, usually simply referred to as an inflorescence.
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Capitiform
Head-like, like the head of a pin (e.g. for a stigma); Collected into heads of flowers (as in Compositae/Asteraceae) [unusual term].
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Capitellate
Diminutive of capitate.
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