162 GLOSSARY 



Cauline. Belonging to the stem. 



Chlorophyll. The green coloring matter jn leaves. 



Ciliate. Hairy on the margin. 



Clavate. Club-shaped. 



Cleft. Cut part way to the midrib. 



Coma. A tuft of hairs on a seed. 



Connate. United. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped. 



Coriaceous. Leathery. 



Corm. The swollen, underground base of the stem. 



Corymb. A flat-topped flower cluster of the indeterminate type. 



Cotyledon. A leaf in the embryo. 



Crenate. Toothed with. rounded teeth. 



Crenulate. The same as crenate but the teeth very small. 



Culm. The stem of a grass or sedge. 



Cuneate. Wedge-shaped. 



Cuspidate. Sharp-pointed. 



Cyme. A flat or rounded flower cluster of the determinate type. 



Deciduous. Falling at the end of the season. 



Decompound. More than once compound. 



Decumbent. Reclining, with the ends pointing upwards. 



Decurrent. A part of one or|;an running down another. 



Deflexed. Turned downwards. 



Dehiscent. Opening to discharge the contents. 



Deltoid. Triangular. 



Dentate. Toothed. 



Depressed. Flattened vertically. 



Diadelphous. Stamens in two groups. 



Diandrous. With two stamens. 



Dicotyledonous. With two cotyledons. 



Diffuse. Spreading. 



Dicecious. Having staminate flowers on one plant and pistillate 



flowers on another. 

 Discoid. Heads of tubular flowers only. 

 Dissected. Much divided. 

 Distinct. Separate. 

 Divided. Cut to the base or midrib. 

 Dorsal. On the back. 

 Drupe. A stone fruit. 



Embryo. The rudimentary pl^nt in the seed. 

 Entire. Undivided. 

 Epigynous. On the ovary. 



