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_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 XII.
_Coriaceous._ Leather-like in texture.
_Corky._ Made of, or like cork.
_Corolla._ The inner part of a perianth, usually bright colored. Page XIII.
_Corymb._ A flower-cl.u.s.ter in which the axis is shortened and the pedicels of the lower flowers lengthened, forming a flat-topped inflorescence, the marginal flowers blooming first. Page XIV.
_Corymbose._ Arranged in corymbs.
_Crenate._ Dentate, with the teeth much rounded. Page XIII.
_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.
_Cyme._ A broad and flattish inflorescence, the central flowers of which bloom first. Page XIV.
_Cymose._ Arranged in cymes.
_Deciduous._ Not persistent; falling away, as the leaves of a tree in autumn.
_Decurrent._ Said of a leaf which extends down the stem below the point of fastening.
_Decussate._ Alternating in pairs at right angles.
_Dehiscent._ Opening by valves or slits.
_Deltoid._ Delta-shaped.
_Dentate._ Toothed, with the teeth usually pointed and directed outward.
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_Depressed._ Somewhat flattened from above.
_Dichotomous._ Branching regularly in pairs.
_Digitate._ Said of a compound leaf in which the leaflets are borne at the apex of the petiole; finger-shaped.
_Dioecious._ Unis.e.xual, with staminate and pistillate flowers on different individuals.
_Distribution._ The geographical extent and limits of a species.
_Divergent._ Said of buds, cones, etc., which point away from the twig, or of pine needles, etc., which spread apart.
_Dorsal._ Pertaining to the back or outer surface of an organ.
_Downy._ Covered with fine hairs.
_Drupe._ A fleshy or pulpy fruit in which the inner portion is hard or stony.
_Ellipsoid._ An elliptical solid.
_Elliptical._ Oval or oblong with regularly rounded ends. Page XII.
_Emarginate._ Notched at the apex. Page XII.
_Entire._ Without divisions, lobes or teeth.
_Excrescences._ Warty outgrowths or protuberances.
_Exfoliate._ To cleave off, as of the outer layers of bark.
_Falcate._ Scythe-shaped.
_Fascicle._ A compact cl.u.s.ter of leaves or flowers.
_Fascicled._ Arranged in fascicles.
_Fastigiate._ Said of branches which are erect and near together.
_Feather-veined._ Having veins extending from the midrib to the margin, feather-wise.
_Fertile._ Capable of bearing fruit.
_Fertilization._ The mingling of the contents of a male (pollen) and female (ovule) cell.
_Filament._ The part of a stamen which bears the anther. Page XIII.
_Filamentose_ or _Filamentous_. Composed of threads or filaments.
_Flaky._ With loose scales easily rubbed off (bark).
