**** C **** Cadoucous : falling off at an early stage. Calcicole : soils with free Calcium Carbonate. Calcifuge : not on soils with free Ca C. Calyx : sepals as a whole. Canaliculate : longditudinal groove. Capitate : head like. Capitulaum : head of sessile firs, surrounded by involcure of bracts. Carpel : 1 of 2 units of which gynoecium is composed. Carpophore : slender simple divided axis which joins carpels. Cartilaginous : resembling cartilage in consistency. Cauline : borne on aerial parts of stem especially upper part, but not subtending a flower or inflorescence. Chromosome : small deeply staining bodies found in all nuclei which determine most, or all of the inheritable characters of organisms. 2 sets are present in a cell (diploid No. 2n) Sexually reproductive cell contain 1/2 : n. Ciliate : regularly arranged hairs, projecting from the margin. Commissure : the faces by which the two carpels are joined together. Compound : of an inflorescence with axis branched. Connate : organs of same kind growing together & becoming joined but distinct in origin. Connivent : of 2 or > organs with bases wide apart but apices approaching one another. Convex : curved. Cordate : See Fig. 012. Coriaceous : leathery texture. Cotyledon : first leaf of a plant from seed. Crenate : See Fig. C3. Crispate : curled. Cuneate : See Fig. C4. Cuspidate : See Fig. C5. Cyme : of an inflorescence, obconical, growing points terminated by a flower, so further growth of inflorescence is lateral. |
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