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Meaning of CESPITOSE

Pronunciation:  'sespi`tows

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (of plants) growing in dense clumps or tufts
 
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 Synonyms: caespitose, gregarious, tufted
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
[Written also {c[ae]spitose}.]
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Growing in tufts or clumps; matted.
 

 

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