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Coherent in Botany is usualjy the same as connate. 



Collum or Collar: the neck or line of junction between the stem and 



the root. 

 Coluiuella : the axis to which the carpels of a compound pistil are often 



attached, as in Geranium, or which is left when a pod opens, as in 



Azalea and Rhododendron. 

 Column : the united stamens, as in Mallow, or the stamens and pistils 



united into one body, as in the Orchis family. 

 Columnar : shaped like a column or pillar. 

 Coma : a tuft of any sort (literally, a head of hair). 

 Comose : tufted ; bearing a tuft of hairs, as the seeds of Milkweed. 

 Commissure : the line of junction of two carpels, as in the fruit of 



Umbelliferae, such as parsnip, Caraway, etc. 

 Common: used as "general, " in contradistinction to "partial"; e. g. 



' ' common involucre. ' ' 

 Complanate . flattened. 

 Complicate : folded upon itself. 

 Compressed : flattened on two opposite sides. 

 Conduplicate : folded upon itself lengthwise, as the leaves of Magnolia 



in the bud. 



Cone : the fruit of the Pine family. 

 Confluent : blended together ; or the same as coherent. 

 Conformed : similar to another thing it is associated with or compared 



to ; or closely fitted to it, as the skin to the kernel of a seed. 

 Congested, Conglomerate : crowded together. 

 Conjugate : coupled ; in single pairs. 

 Connate : united or grown together from the first. 



Connective, Connectivum : the part of the anther connecting its two cells. 

 Connivent: converging, or brought close together. 

 Continuous : the reverse of interrupted or articulated. 

 Contorted : twisted together. Contorted estivation : same as convolute. 

 Contortupacate : twisted back upon itself. 

 Contracted : either narrowed or shortened. 

 Contrary : turned in an opposite direction to another organ or part with 



which it is compared. 

 Convolute : rolled up lengthwise, as the leaves of the Plum in vernation. 



In aestivation, same as contorted. 

 Cordate: heart-shaped. 

 Coriaceous: resembling leather in texture. 

 Corky : of the texture of cork. 

 Corm, Cormus : a solid bulb, like that of Crocus. 

 Corneous : of the consistence or appearance of horn, as the albumen of 



the seed of the Date, Coffee, etc. 

 Comiculate : furnished with a small horn or spur. 



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