CESPITOSE

caespitose, cespitose, tufted

(adjective) (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cespitose (comparative more cespitose, superlative most cespitose)

(botany) Having the form of a piece of turf, i.e. many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.

Anagrams

• tosspiece

Source: Wiktionary


Ces"pi*tose`, a. Etym: [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)

Definition: Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [Written also cæspitose.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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