Botany Dictionary

  • Crispate

    Crispate

    Curled or crinkled (describing leaf margins or other plant structures).

  • Crisped

    Crisped

    Having a wavy or curled margin (similar to crispate).

  • Cristate

    Cristate

    Having a crista or crest; exhibiting abnormal crest-like growth.

  • Crocks

    Crocks

    Broken pieces of pottery placed in the bottom of containers to improve drainage.

  • Cross

    Cross

    The deliberate breeding of two different varieties or species of plants.

  • Cross-fertilization

    Cross-fertilization

    Fertilization between flowers of different plants (as opposed to self-fertilization).

  • Crown

    Crown

    (1) The upper part of a tree including branches and leaves; (2) The part of a plant where root and…

  • Crownshaft

    Crownshaft

    The column of leaf bases forming a pseudostem in some palms.

  • Crozier

    Crozier

    The coiled, fiddlehead form of a young fern frond as it emerges.

  • Cruciate

    Cruciate

    Arranged in or forming a cross; having four petals arranged in a cross (cruciform).