Flora of North America Glossary
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| Term | Synonyms | Category | Limitation | Definition |
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| central | = medial, median | insertion | At, upon, or closely ranged about the structural or symmetrical midpoint or axis. | |
| central | = medial, median | position | At, upon, or closely ranged about the structural or symmetrical midpoint or axis. | |
| centralium pl. centralia | FEATURE | A central longitudinal cavity within the seed; esp. in Arecaceae (Palmae). | ||
| centrifugal | development | Proceeding away from the center, thus more advanced centrally than peripherally within a given frame of reference. | ||
| centripetal | development | Proceeding toward the center, thus more advanced peripherally than centrally within a given frame of reference. | ||
| …cephalous | = …headed | architecture | capitulescence, inflorescence | Having the number of heads (capitula) indicated by the prefix; as in monocephalous, tricephalous, polycephalous. |
| ceraceous 1 | = cereous, waxen, waxy; > caesious, glaucescent, glaucous, pruinose | coating | Covered with wax or a wax-like substance. | |
| ceraceous 2 | cereous, waxen, waxy | texture | Having the consistency of wax. | |
| cereous 1 | = ceraceous, waxen, waxy; > caesious, glaucescent, glaucous, pruinose | coating | Covered with wax or a wax-like substance. | |
| cereous 2 | = ceraceous, waxen, waxy | texture | Having the consistency of wax. | |
| cernuous | = nodding, nutant | orientation | stalked structure | Having the stalk proximally erect and distally recurved, the main body thus oriented outward to downward.See also pendulous (hanging, pendent). |
| cespitose var. caespitose | = tufted | habit | plants | Growing in distinct, compact, relatively dense, turf-like aggregations. See also clustered (gregarious). |
| chaff 1 | STRUCTURE | Collectively, the paleae (pales, palets) sometimes borne on the receptacle of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae). | ||
| chaff 2 | STRUCTURE | Collectively, the glumes, lemmata, and paleae of mature spikelets; in Poaceae (Gramineae). | ||
| chaffy 1 | = paleaceous | pubescence | Of or bearing small, thin, more or less erect, papery (chartaceous) to membranous, planate trichomes. | |
| chaffy 2 | = paleate | architecture | receptacle (torus) | Bearing paleae (pales, palets); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
| chalaza pl. chalazae, chalazas | STRUCTURE | The basal (proximal) portion of an ovule, adjacent to its junction with the funiculus. | ||
| chambered | architecture | pith | Interrupted by cavities that are more or less regularly spaced along the axis and that result from disintegration of tissue prior to axis maturity. | |
| chamber (not recommended) | = cell (not recommended), locule | FEATURE | Any structurally distinct compartment within an anther, ovary, fruit or other organ; not necessarily having any evolutionary integrity. | |
| channel | FEATURE | A longitudinal, transversely rounded depression; esp. along the adaxial surface of a petiole or petiolule. | ||
| channeled | = canaliculate | solid shape | Having a longitudinal, transversely rounded depression; esp. a petiole or petiolule. | |
| chartaceous | = papery, papyraceous | texture | Very thin, flexible, and readily torn; like paper. See also membranaceous (membranous), pergamentaceous (parchment-like). | |
| chasmogamous | reproduction | flower | Having the perianth open at anthesis, allowing deposit of pollen from other flowers (physiological receptivity aside). | |
| checkered 1 | = tessellate | coloration | Having a pattern of more or less regularly disposed square zones of contrasting hues and/or intensities. | |
| checkered 2 | = tessellate | relief | Having a pattern of regularly disposed squares marked by raised or depressed vasculature. |
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