Botany Dictionary

  • Compound umbel

    Compound umbel

    An umbel where each ray bears another umbel of flowers.

  • Compressed

    Compressed

    Flattened, especially laterally (side-to-side).

  • Conceptacle

    Conceptacle

    A cavity containing reproductive structures in some algae and fungi.

  • Concolorous

    Concolorous

    Uniform in color (both surfaces of a leaf being the same color).

  • Concrescence

    Concrescence

    The growing together of parts originally separate.

  • Concrescent

    Concrescent

    Growing together or united (as fused plant parts).

  • Concrete

    Concrete

    A mass of hardened secretions or excretions (e.g., resin ducts in some plants).

  • Colliculate

    Colliculate

    Having a surface covered with small rounded projections.

  • Colloid soil

    Colloid soil

    Soil containing fine particles that remain suspended in water rather than settling.

  • Colluvium

    Colluvium

    Loose, unconsolidated soil material accumulated at the base of slopes.