Category: C
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Carpophore
A prolongation of the receptacle or floral axis bearing the carpels or ovary, as in some Umbelliferae/Apiaceae or Ranunculaceae; In ferns, the stalk of the sporocarp. The stalk of a fruit within the flower.
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Carpodium
The modified gynoecium in the sterile flowers of Typha, usually club-shaped.
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Carpet-forming
Creeping or staying very low, and forming a continuous layer over a large area.
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Carpellate
Possessing carpels.
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Carpel
The basic unit of the female sexual organ; One of the cells or locules of the syncarpous ovary; The female sporophyll. The fertile leaf of an angiosperm that bears the ovules. The pistil (female part of the flower) is made up of one or more carpels, where the seeds normally are found. The female reproductive…
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Carnose
Having the consistency of or resembling flesh.
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Carmine
(Colour) a shade of red.
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Carinate
With a long narrow ridge over the length of the surface. With a Keeled ; furnished with a ridge on one side.
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Carina
Keel: long narrow ridge over the length of a flat or curved surface; Keel formed by the two lower petals in papilionoid flowers in Leguminosae/Fabaceae, these usually partly united or adherent. A keel; the two anterior petals of a papillionaceous flower. A structure shaped like the bottom of a boat, e.g. the cartilage at the…
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Capsule
A dry dehiscent fruit composed of two or more united carpels, opening by valves, slits or pores. A dry, dehiscent fruit composed of more than one carpel. A dry fruit formed from two or more carpels that splits at maturity to release the seeds. Dry fruit that splits open when ripe to scatter seeds. Dry,…