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CLAW : the narrowed base of an organ, especially of a petal. 

 CLEISTOGAMOTJS : flowers that are fertilized within the unopened 



perianth. 

 coccus : one part of a lobed fruit becoming more or less detached 



from the rest and usually derived from a single carpel. 

 COLLATERAL : placed side by side at the same level. 

 COLUMELLA : a persistent axis around which the carpels of some fruits 



are arranged. 

 COLUMN : the fusion of stamens or of stamens and styles into a solid 



body. 

 COMA : the tuft of hairs at the end of some seeds ; the tuft of empty 



bracts at the summit of some inflorescences. 

 COMMISSURE : the face of adherence of 2 carpels. 

 COMPLICATE : folded lengthwise upon itself. 

 COMPOUND : formed of similar parts grouped in a whole ; of leaves 



when composed of more than one separate leaflet. 

 CONCOLOROUS : uniform in colour. 

 CONDUPLICATE : folded together lengthwise. 

 CONFERRUMINATE : adhering by adjacent faces. 

 CONFLUENT : blended or merged into one. 

 CONNATE : united to one another. 

 CONNECTIVE : the portion of a stamen distinct from the filament which 



connects the lobes or cells of an anther. 

 CONNIVENT : in contact or weakly cohering. 

 CONTORT UPLICATE : twisted back upon itself. 

 CONVOLUTE : rolled up from one or both margins. 

 CORDATE : heart-shaped, i. e. more or less deeply notched at the base 



and in form like a conventional heart. 

 CORIACEOUS : leathery. 



CORM : a bulb-like fleshy stem or base of a stem. 

 CORNICULATE : bearing one or more little horns. 

 COROLLA : the interior series of the perianth. 

 COROLLINE : resembling petals in texture. 

 CORONA : an inner appendage to the corolla shaped like a coronet, or a 



more or less interrupted outer appendage to the stamens. 

 CORYMB : a form of centripetal inflorescence where the branches or 



pedicels arise at different levels but attain to nearly the same 



height to form a flat-topped or slightly domed cluster. 

 COSTATE : ribbed. 

 COTYLEDON : the leaf or pair of leaves present on the embryonic plant 



while still in the seed. 

 CRENATE : scalloped or toothed with rounded teeth. 



