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=Cordate-sagittate.= Intermediate in shape between cordate and sagittate.
=Corm.= An enlarged stem-base, of solid structure and usually underground.
=Corolla.= The portion of a flower next to the calyx (in ordinary cases).
It is generally the most conspicuous part of the flower, but may be completely absent, or inconspicuous, or replaced by the calyx.
=Corymb.= A flat-topped or convex-topped flower-cl.u.s.ter.
=Creeping.= With stems prostrate on the ground and rooting at intervals.
=Crenate.= With round-pointed teeth at the margin.
=Crenulate.= Finely or minutely crenate.
=Cuspidate.= Ending with a short sharp stiff point.
=Deciduous.= Not persistent for a long time; not evergreen.
=Decompound.= Repeatedly branched with numerous leaflets.
=Decurrent.= Extending with wing-like expansions down the stem.
=Dec.u.mbent.= A stem prostrate at the base, but with the tip more or less ascending.
=Dehiscent.= Breaking open at maturity to discharge the contents.
=Deltoid.= Broadly triangular.
=Dioecious.= Bearing staminate and pistillate flowers upon separate plants.
=Dissected.= Finely divided into numerous small or narrow segments.
=Divided.= With deep segments or lobes.
=Elliptical.= Having the shape of an ellipse.
=Elliptical-lanceolate.= Intermediate in shape between elliptical and lanceolate.
=Entire.= With an unbroken margin, without teeth or lobes.
=Epiphyte.= A plant growing attached to the bark of another plant, and without connection with the soil.
=Erect.= Growing in nearly or quite a vertical position.
=Evenly pinnate.= A compound leaf terminating in a pair of leaflets.
=Filament.= The (usually) slender basal portion of a stamen, supporting the anther at its tip.
=Floweret.= A small flower.
=Gamopetalous.= Composed of united petals.
=Gamosepalous.= Composed of united sepals.
=Glabrous.= Smooth; without hairs.
=Glandular.= Bearing glands.
=Glaucous.= Covered with a thin bluish or whitish deposit, easily rubbed off.
=Glume.= A bract at the base of a spikelet of a gra.s.s.
=Half recurved.= Curved half-way backward.
=Hastate.= Shaped like an arrow-head, but with the basal lobes pointing outwards instead of backward.
=Head.= A dense cl.u.s.ter of flowers, about as broad as long.
=Hirsute.= With stiff coa.r.s.e hairs.
=Imperfect.= Flowers which contain either pistil or stamens, not both.
=Incised.= With deep, sharp, irregular, divisions.
=Indehiscent.= Not breaking open at maturity to discharge the contents.
=Inflorescence.= A cl.u.s.ter of flowers.
=Internode.= A section of stem between two joints, or nodes.
=Involucre.= A collection of bracts at the base of a flower-cl.u.s.ter.
=Irregular.= Possessing similar parts of different size or form. An irregular flower is generally distinguished by petals of unequal size or shape.
=Laciniate.= Cut into narrow pointed lobes or divisions.
=Lanceolate.= Shaped like a lance-head, several times longer than wide, and broadest below the middle.
=Linear.= Long and narrow, but with about uniform width.
=Linear-lanceolate.= Intermediate in shape between linear and lanceolate; narrowly lanceolate.
=Lip.= The largest and most conspicuous petal in an irregular corolla, usually applied to the lower petal of an orchid.
=Lobe.= A segment or division of any organ.
=Leaflet.= One portion of the blade of a compound leaf.
