BAMBOOS OF INDI A

Glossary
callus : a tissue composed of large thin-walled parenchyma cells which develop on or below a
wounded surface often resulting in a firm thickening or protruberance
calyculus : a simulated calyx composed of bracts or bractlets
campanulate : bell-shaped
canescence, canescent : covered with dense, fine, greyish-white hairs; becoming hoary, usually with a grey
pubescence
canopy : the cover or horizontal projection of the vegetation of a plant formed by its leaves, branches
etc.
capillary, capillate : very slender, resembling a hair
capitate : formed like a head; aggregated into very dense clusters or heads
carnose : fleshy
cartilaginous : like cartilage in texture; firm and elastic
caryopsis : a one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit with the seed coat adnate to the fruit wall (pericarp),
derived from a one-loculed superior ovary; the grain or fruit of grasses
caudate : bearing a tail, or tail-like appendage
caudex : a shoot thickened, often woody, vertical or branched perennial stem, usually subterranean
or at ground level
cellulose : a complex carbohydrate, the chief component of the cell walls of most plants; it consists of
long chain-like molecules of glucose which form microfibrils
ceraceous, ceriferous : waxy; wax-bearing
cernuous : nodding or drooping
cespitose, caespitose : matted, growing in tufts or small dense clumps; plants forming a cushion
chartaceous : papery in texture, opaque and thin
ciliate : fringed with conspicuous hairs along the margins
clasping : a leaf blade which partly or wholly surrounds the stem
clavate : club-shaped; gradually thickened towards the apex from a slender base
claw : the modified auricle of some grass leaves
closed bundle : a vascular bundle in which a cambium does not develop
closed venation : leaf characterised by anastomosing veins
comose : bearing a tuft of trichomes, usually apically
coleoptile : a protective sheath like structure enclosing the epicotyl in seeds of grasses
concrescent : growing together of parts originally separate
congeneric : belonging to the same genus
conglomerate : densely clustered
connate : union or fusion of like parts or organs to one another
connate-perfoliate : opposite, sessile leaves, instead at their bases, surrounding the stem
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