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Crenulate Finely crenate. 



Cryptogamce. Fructifying without stamens and pistils. 



Cucullate. Like a cowl or hood. 



Cuneate. Wedge-shaped enlarging upward. 



Cuneiform. Same as cuneate. 



Cupula. A cup-shaped involucre inclosing a nut as in 

 the acorn. 



Cusp. A sharp rigid point. 



Cyathiform. Cup-shaped. 



Cyme. A bro id and flattish inflorescence, flowering from 

 the centre outward. 



Decandria Ten stamens. 



Declined. Bent or curved downward. 



Decompound. Keptatedly compound or divided. 



Decumbent. Keclining at base, the summit ascending. 



Decurrent. Kunning down the stem. 



Decussate. In pairs or threes alternating at right angles. 



Deftexed. Bent or turned down abruptly. 



Dehiscent. Opening regularly by valves, slits, etc. 



Deltoid. Broudly triangular like the Greek letter Delta. 



Dentate. Toothed. 



Denticulate. Minutely toothed. 



Diadelphia. Stamens in two sets or clusters. 



Divndria Two stamens. 



Dichotomous. Forking regularly by pairs. 



Diclinic. Of separate sexes; unisexual. 



Dicotyledones. Having an embryo with two cotyledons. 



Didynamia. Having two long and two short stamens. 



Diffuse. Widely and loosely spreading or branched. 



Digitate. Fingered; spreading like the fingers. 



Digynia. Two pistils. 



Dimidiate. Halved, as though one-half were wanting. 



Dimorphous. Occurring in two forms. 



Dioecia. Male and female flowers on separate plants. 



Distichous. Two ranked. 



Divaricate. Widely diverging. 



Dodecandria. Having twelve stamens. 



