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Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 
Corm. The enlarged fleshy base of a stem, bulb-like but solid. 
Corolla. The inner perianth of distinct or connate petals. 
Coroniform. Shaped like a crown. 
Corrugate. Wrinkled or in folds. 
Corymb. A flat-topped or convex flower cluster, equivalent to a contract- 
ed raceme, and progressing in its flowering from the margin 
inward. 
Corymbose. Corymb-like ; in corymbs. 
Costa. A rib ; a mid-rib or mid-nerve. 
Costate. Ribbed ; having one or two longitudinal ribs or nerves. 
Cotyledones. The foliar portion of first leaves (one, two or more) of the 
embryo as found in the seed. 
Crateriform. In the shape of a saucer or cup, hemispherical or more 
shallow. 
Creeping, Running along or under the ground and rooting. 
Crenate. Dentate with rounded teeth. 
Crenulate. Finely crenate. 
Crested, cristate. Bearing an elevated appendage resembling a crest. 
Crown. An inner appendage to a petal or to the throat of a corolla. 
Cruciate. Cross-shaped. 
Crustaceous. A hard and brittle texture. 
Cucullate. Hooded or hood-shaped ; curled. 
Culm. The peculiar stem of sedges and grasses. 
Cuneate. Wedge-shaped; triangular with the acute angle downward. 
Cuspidate. Tipped with a cusp, or sharp and rigid point. 
Cylindraceous. Somewhat or nearly cylindrical. 
Cyme. A usually broad and flattish determinate inflorescence, i. e., with 
central or terminal flowers blooming earliest. 
Cymose. Cyme-like; bearing cymes. 
Deciduous. Not persistent ; not evergreen. 
Decompound. More than once compounded or divided. 
Decumbent. Reclining, but with the summit ascending. 
Decurrent (leaf). Extending below the insertion of the leaf. 
Decussate. Alternating in pairs at right angles, or in threes. 
Definite. Of a constant number, not exceeding twenty. 
Deflexed. Bent or turned abruptly downward. 
Dehiscent. Opening regularly by valves, slits, etc., as a capsule or anther. 
Deltoid. Shaped like the Greek letter A- 
Dentate. Toothed, with the teeth directed outward. 
Denticulate. Minutely dentate. 
Depressed. Somewhat flattened from above. 
Di, dis. As a prefix signifying two or twice. 
Diadelphous (stamens). Combined in two sets. 
Diandrous. Having two stamens. 
