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component branches are unequal in length, arising from successively 
lower axils. Corymbose, arranged in a corymb, 
Costate, ribbed. 
Cotyledons, the first leaves formed by an embryo, serving usually as food 
reservoirs during the germination of the seed and early growth of the 
seedling; one in monocotyledons; two in dicotyledons; two or more, often 
indefinite in the gymnosperms. 
Crenate, toothed with rounded teeth, -Crenulate, minutely crenate, 
Crested, bearing a ridge or erect appendagee 
Culm, the term applied to the stems of grasses and sedgese 
Cuneate, wedge-shaped, 
Cuspidate, tipped with a cusp or sharp point. 
Cyme, an inflorescence in which the stem is terminated by a flower, each 
successive flower arising from a lateral bud below the first to appear, 
Cymose, arranged in cymes. 
Deciduous, falling awey, as of leaves or bracts. 
Decumbent, reclining with the tips ascending, 
Decurrent, running down along. 
Deflexed, bent abruptly downwards. 
Dehiscent, opening to permit egress of contents, as in anthers and capsules. 
Deltoid, triangular, the avex upward; like the Greek letter delta, 
Dentate, toothed, usually with triangular teeth pointing outwards. Denticulate, 
finely dentate. 
Depressed, flattened fron. above, 
Dichotomous, forking regularly. 
Diffuse, Yoosely spreading; the opposite of compact. 
Dioecious, having the sexes on separate plants. 
Disk, a fleshy platform-like outgrowth within the calyx at the base of the 
pistil upon which the stamens are frequently seateds; spoken collectively 
