Calyx. The outer part of a perianth, usually green in color. 
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Campanulate. Bell-shaped. 
-Capsule. A dry fruit of more than one carpel which splits at 
maturity to release the seeds. 
Carpel. A simple pistil, or one member of a compound pistil. 
Catkin. A spike of unisexual flowers, each subtended by a bract, 
and usually deciduous in one piece. 
Chambered. Said of pith which is interrupted by hollow spaces. 
Ciliate. Fringed with hairs on the margin. 
Cinereous. Ash-gray color. 
Claw. The narrow, stalk-like base of a petal, sepal, etc. 
Cleft. Cut about half-way to the middle. 
Cluster. A group of two or more organs (flowers, fruit, etc.) 
on a plant at a node or end of a stem. 
Compound. Composed of two or more similar parts united into 
a whole. Compound leaf, one divided into separate leaflets. 
Cone, A fruit with woody, overlapping scales. 
Conical. Cone-shaped, largest at the base and tapering to the 
apex. 
Connective. The portion of a stamen which connects the two 
cells of the anther. 
Cordate. Heart-shaped. Page xu. 
Coriaceous. ‘eather-like in texture. j 
Corky. Made of, or like cork. 
Corolla. The inner part of a perianth, usually bright colored. 
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Corymb. A flower-cluster in which the axis is shortened and 
the pedicels of the lower flowers lengthened, forming a flat- 
topped. inflorescence, the marginal flowers blooming first. 
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Cerymbose. Arranged in corymbs. 
Crenate. Dentate, with the teeth much rounded. Page xm. 
Crenulate. Finely crenate. 
Crown. The upper part of a tree, including the living branches 
with their foliage. 
Cutting. A piece of the stem, root or leaf which, if cut off and 
placed in contact with the soil, will form new roots and 
buds, reproducing the parent plant. 
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