Category: C
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Cauliflory
Production of flowers from older wood.
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Cauliflorous
With flowers and fruits on the stem or trunk. Refers to a plant that produces flowers and fruits directly on the trunk and on older, thicker branches (e.g., cacao and jackfruit). With flowers and fruits emerging from the stem or trunk.
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Cauliferous
Bearing flowers and fruits on the stem or trunk.
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Caulicle
A short stem, especially that in the embryo [unusual term].
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Caulescent
With an evident stem above ground. Aerial stem or stems evident. Obviously stemmed.
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Caudicle
(In Euphorbiaceae) small stem at (around) ground level, arising from rootstock, from which annual stems arise; (In Orchidaceae, derived subfamilies of Apocynaceae) a stalk connecting the pollen-masses; In an orchid flower, a slender, mealy or elastic extension of the pollinium, or a mealy portion at one end of the pollinium, produced within the anther (Dressler,…
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Caudiciform
Formed like a caudex, enlarged or swollen.
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Caudex
Classically, the axis of a plant, consisting of stem and root; Latterly, especially in Euphorbiaceae, used as an enlarged storage organ at soil level, composed of the swollen stem or root, or both. The persistent, often woody base of an herbaceous perennial; also refers to the axis of a plant (including both stem and root).…
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Caudate
Abruptly ending in a long tail-like tip or appendage; very protracted, excessively acuminate. The apex tail-like. Having a tail. With an apex abruptly ending in a long tail-like tip or appendage.
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Catkinate
Resembling a catkin [not recommended].