Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

Glossary
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caducous - falling off early, or prematurely, as the sepals in some plants.
calyx - the outer whorl of floral envelopes, composed of the sepals.
carpel - one of the flowers' female reproductive organs, comprising an ovary
and a stigma, and containing one or more ovules.
chlorosis - a yellowing of the leaves, reflecting a deficiency of chlorophyll
and caused by waterlogging or a lack of nutrients, often iron.
clone - a group of plants that have arisen by vegetative reproduction from a
single parent, and which therefore all have identical genetic material.
cordate - heart-shaped, often restricted to the basal portion rather to the
outline of the entire organ.
coriaceous - of leathery texture.
cotyledon - seed leaf; the primary leaf or leaves in the embryo.
crenate - shallowly round-toothed, scalloped.
crenulate - finely crenate.
cross pollination - the transfer of pollen from the anther of the flower of one
plant to the flowers of a different plant.
cultivar - a race or variety of a plant that has been created or selected
intentionally and maintained through cultivation.
cuneate - wedge-shaped; triangular with the narrow end at point of
attachment, as in the bases of leaves or petals.
cuspidate - with an apex abruptly and sharply constricted into an elongated,
sharp-pointed tip.
cyme - a broad, more or less flat-topped, determinate flower cluster, with
central flowers opening first.
cymose - inflorescence showing the cyme arrangement.
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