Category: C
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Circumscription
The description setting apart one taxon from another, enumerating all the differences.
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Circumscissile
Opening by a slit running around the circumference or equator, and with the upper part coming off like a lid. Dividing by an equatorial line.
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Circumflexed
Bent round.
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Circumferential
Around the edge of a circle.
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Circular
Round (in two dimensions).
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Circinnotropous
Condition of ovules or seeds where the funicles are long and curled, and where the curvature of the ovule or seed against the funicle is pronounced; in such ovules, the funicle encircles the ovule more or less completely (e.g. in Cactaceae, Plumbaginaceae) (Stuppy, pers. comm.)
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Circinnate
Coiled inwards upon itself (as the young leaves of ferns, hooks of some climbers, leaves of Drosera).
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Circinate
Coiled inwards upon itself (preferred spelling is circinnate). Rolled inwards from the top.
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Cinnamon
(Colour) yellowish-brown. A spice made from the bark of the cinnamon tree. It has a penetrating aroma and pleasant astringent flavor. Cinnamon is referred to in the Old Testament and in even older Sanskrit texts, thus affirming that it was one of the first spices to be used in flavouring food and wine. The word…
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Cinnabar
(Colour) vermilion, blood-red.