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Cil'iate (L. cilium, eyelid) : fringed with hairs. 



Cil'iolate : fringed with minute hairs. 



Cine'reous (L. cinis, cineris, ashes) : ashen or grayish. 



Cir'cinnate (L. cirdnare, to make round) : coiled downward from the tip. 



Sometimes spelled with one n. 

 Circumscis'sile (L. circum, around; scindo, scissus, to split) : dehiscing by 



transverse circular cleavage. Fig. 325. 



Cla'vate (L. clava, a club) : club-shaped; thickening toward the apex. 

 Claw : the narrowed base of certain petals. Fig. 272, z. 

 Cleft : split nearly to the middle. Fig. 235. 

 Cleistog'amous (Gr. kleistos, shut or closed; games, marriage) : applied to 



flowers which do not open, but become self-fertilized in the bud. 

 Coales'cent (L. coalesco, to grow together) : having organs of the same kind 



grown together. 



Coated : applied to bulbs, such as the onion, having inwrapping scales. 

 Coch'leate (L. cochlea, snail or snail shell) : spirally coiled. 

 Cohe'rent (L. cohaereo, to cling to) : applied to organs of the same kind which 



are united, as in the union of the petals to form a gamopetalous corolla. 

 COm'missure (L. commissura, a joining together) : the face along which one 



carpel joins another, as in the Umbelliferae. 

 Co'mose (L. comosus, hairy) : having a tuft of hair. 

 Com'plicate : folded upon itself. 

 Com'pound: consisting of two or more united similar parts. Compound 



ovary : consisting of two or more united carpels. 

 Compressed' : flattened laterally. 

 Condu'plicate : folded together lengthwise. 



Cone : fruit of the pine, etc., with ovule-bearing scales. Figs. 93 and 94. 

 Con/fluent : blended into one. 



Con'ical (Gr. konos, a cone) : round and tapering to a point. Fig. 215. 

 Coniferous (Gr. konos, a cone; 'L.ferre, to bear) : cone-bearing. 

 Con'nate (L. con-, with, together; natus, born) : united, particularly at the 



base. Connate-perfoliate : applied to leaves which are united at the 



base around the stem. Fig. 245. 

 Connective : portion of the filament which connects the two lobes of an 



anther. Fig. 292. 



Conni'vent : converging or coming into contact. 

 Con 'volute : rolled up longitudinally. 

 Cor'date (L. cor, heart) : heart-shaped, with the point remote from the place 



of attachment. Fig. 240. 

 Corm (Gr. kormos, a trimmed tree trunk) : a solid bulb-like expansion at the 



base of some stems below ground. Figs. 209 and 210. 



