Botany Dictionary

  • Coherent

    Coherent

    Sticking together but not fused (referring to similar plant parts).

  • Cohesion

    Cohesion

    The attraction between water molecules that enables their movement through plants.

  • Cold frame

    Cold frame

    A bottomless box with a transparent lid used to protect plants from cold weather.

  • Collar

    Collar

    The junction between root and stem; or a band-like structure on some plant parts.

  • Collateral

    Collateral

    Situated side by side (e.g., vascular bundles with xylem and phloem on the same radius).

  • Collenchyma

    Collenchyma

    A flexible supporting tissue composed of elongated living cells with unevenly thickened walls.

  • Collecter

    Collecter

    A structure that gathers or holds something (e.g., pollen in some flowers).

  • Cladocarpous

    Cladocarpous

    Bearing fruit on specialized branches or cladodes.

  • Cladode

    Cladode

    A flattened stem that resembles and functions as a leaf (e.g., cactus pads).

  • Cladophyll

    Cladophyll

    A leaf-like branch or stem (synonym for cladode).