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CRENATE. Notched ; when the teeth are 



rounded, and not directed towards either 



end of the leaf. 



CRENULATE. Filled with notches. 

 CULM. The stem of grasses. 

 CUNEATE. Wedge-shaped ; broad and abrupt 



at the summit, and tapering down to the 



base. 



CYMBIFORM. Having the form of a boat. 

 CYME. A mode of flowering somewhat like a 



flattened panicle. 



DECIDUOUS. Falling off. Trees shedding their 

 leaves, and the leaves shed annually, are said 

 to be deciduous. 

 DECOMPOUND. Term applied to a leaf when 



it is twice pinnated ; and to a panicle when 



its branches are also panicled. 

 DECUMBENT. Lying down. 

 DECURRENT. When leaves run down the 



stem to a point considerably below the place 



where they diverge from it. 

 DEFLEXED. Folded downwards. 

 DENTICULATED. Being finely toothed. 

 DEPRESSED. Pressed downwards. 

 DICHOTOMOUS. A stem that ramifies in pairs. 



