34 GLOSSAEY 



CLAVATE. Club-shaped. 



COMPOUND. Having two or more similar parts. 



CONE. An inflorescence with imbricated scales around 



an elongate axis. 



CORDATE. Having two lobes and a sinus at the base. 

 COBIACEOUS. Leathery in texture. 



CORM. The swollen base of a stem; like a bulb, but solid. 

 CREEPING. Lying on the ground and rooting at the 



nodes. 



CRENATE. Having rounded teeth. 

 CRENTJLATE. Having small rounded teeth. 

 CUNEATE. Wedge-shaped. 

 DECIDUOUS. Not evergreen, not persistent. 

 DECOMPOUND. More than once compound. 

 DECUMBENT. Eeclining or procumbent but with the tip 



ascending. 



DELTOID. Shaped like the Greek letter A. 

 DENTATE. Toothed, with the teeth directed outward. 

 DICHOTOMOUS. Forking regularly by pairs. 

 DIMORPHOUS. Occurring in two forms. 

 DISSECTED. Divided into numerous segments. 

 DIVIDED. Lobed to the base. 



EMARGINATE. Having a shallow notch at the apex. 

 ENDOPHYTIC. Living within a plant. 

 ENTIRE. Without toothing or lobing. 

 EPIDERMAL. Pertaining to the superficial layer of cells. 

 EPIPHYTIC. Growing attached to other plants; but not 



parasitic. 



FALCATE. Scythe-shaped. 

 FILAMENTOSE. Having thread-like structures. 

 FILIFORM. Thread-shaped. 

 FLABELLATE. Fan-shaped. 

 FOLIOLATE. Having leaflets. 



