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Dictionary: BOTANICAL & TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY
Glossary of terms beginning with C

CACTUS ART
NURSERY

Cultivation and Mail Sale
of Cacti and Succulents.

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C

Ca. [ Abbreviation ]

Cactaceae [ Botany ]

Cactaceae (Flower anatomy) [ Botany ]

Cactoid [ Botany ]

Cactologist [ Botany - Horticulture ]

Cactophilous - Cactophiles [ Biology - Ecology ]

Cactus [ Botany ]

Cactus potting mix (compost, medium, soil) [ Horticulture ]

Caducous [ Botany ]

Caespitose   [ Botany ]

Calcareous [ Pedology ]

Calciophilous [ Ecology]

Calcium [ Chemistry ]

Calyx [ Botany ]

Callus [ Botany - Horticulture - Tissue culture ]

Callus culture [ Horticulture - Tissue culture ]

Calyptra   [ Botany ]

CAM [ Botany - Physiology ]

Cambium [ Botany ]

Camouflage [ Botany ]

Campanulate [ Botany ]

Cancer [ Phytopathology ]

Canker [ Phytopathology ]

Canopy [ Botany - Ecology]

Capillary - capillarity [ Botany - Physics - Morphology - Pedology]

Capsule [ Botany ]

Carbohydrate [ Botany - Biochemistry ]

Carbon [ Chemistry - Biology ]

Carbon dioxide [ Botany - Biochemistry ]

Carinate [ Botany ]

Carnivorous plant [ Botany ]

Carotenoid - carotene [ Botany ]

Carpel [ Botany ]

Carpellate flower [ Botany ]

Carrion-fly pollination [ Botany ]

Carrot-like root [ Botany ]

Caterpillar [ Entomology ]

Caudex - Caudiciform [ Botany ]

Cf. [ Abbreviation ]

Central axes [ Botany ]

Cell [ Botany - Biology ]

Cell membrane [ Botany - Biology ]

Cell wall [ Botany - Biology ]

Cellulose [ Botany ]

Central [ Botany ]

Central root [ Botany ]

Central spines [ Botany ]

Cephalium (pl. cephalia)     [ Botany ]

Cereiformis   [ Botany ]

Chaparral [ Ecology ]

Characteristic - character [ Botany - Ecology - Genetics ]

Chartaceous [ Botany ]

Chasmogamy [ Botany ]

Chemical  [ Chemistry ]

Chemical compound [ Chemistry ]

Chimera [ Botany ]

Chlorenchyma [ Botany ]

Chlorine [ Chemistry - Horticulture ]

Chlorophyll [ Botany - Biochemistry ]

Chloroplasts [ Botany ]

Chromosome [ Genetics ]

Chronic [ Pathology ]

-cide [ Suffix ]

Ciliate [ Botany ]

Circadian  [ Botany - Biology - Physiology ]

Circumscissile [ Botany ]

Citation [ Taxonomy ]

CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Flora and Fauna)  [

Clade [ Taxonomy ]

Cladistics [ Taxonomy ]

Cladode [ Botany ]

Cladogram [ Cladistics - Taxonomy ]

Clambering  [ Botany ]

Class [ Taxonomy ]

Classification [ Taxonomy ]

Clavate [ Botany ]

Clay - Clayey [ Agronomy - Pedology ]

Cleistogamy [ Botany ]

Climate [ Meteorology - Climatology ]

Climatology [ Ecology ]

Climax [ Ecology ]

Climbing [ Botany ]

Cline [ Botany - Biology ]

Clone [ Botany - Biology - Horticulture ]

Cloning [ Botany - Biology - Horticulture ]

Cloud [ Meteorology - Climatology ]

Club-shaped (Club-like) [ Botany ]

Clump - Clumping [ Botany ]

Cluster - Clustering [ Botany ]

Coalescence - Coalescent  [ Botany ]

Coevolution  [ Biology]

Cold  [ Botany - Agronomy - Meteorology - Physiology ]

Cold damages  [ Botany - Agronomy - Physiology ]

Cold resistance [ Botany - Horticulture - Physiology  ]

Cold susceptible [ Horticulture ]

Coleoptile [ Botany ]

Collar [ Botany ]

Collar rot [ Phytopathology ]

Collateral [ Botany ]

Collection [ Taxonomy - Horticulture ]

Collection number [ Taxonomy ]

Collector [ Taxonomy - Horticulture ]

Collenchyma [ Botany ]

Colonizing plant [ Botany ]

Colony [ Botany ]

Colour - Coloration [ Botany ]

Columnar  [ Botany ]

Comb-like [ Botany ]

Combinatio [ Taxonomy ]

Combinatio nova [ Taxonomy ]

Common name  [ Botany - Taxonomy]

Community  [ Ecology ]

Compatible [ Biology - Genetics ]

Competent [ Botany ]

Competition [ Ecology ]

Complete [ Botany ]

Complex (species) [ Taxonomy ]

Complex organism [ Biology ]

Compost [ Horticulture ]

Compound [ Botany ]

Compound flower[ Botany ]

Compound leaf [ Botany ]

Compound pistil (Syn:Compound ovary) [ Botany ]

Concentration [ Chemistry - Physics ]

Concentric [ Botany ]

Condense - Condensation [ Physics ]

Cone [ Botany ]

Congener - Congenator [ Biology ]

Conic - Conical [ Botany ]

Conical root [ Botany ]

Conifer [ Botany ]

Connate - Connation [ Botany ]

Connivent [ Botany ]

Consanguineous - Consanguinity [ Biology ]

Conservandus [Taxonomy ]

Conservation  [ Ecology ]

Conservation status [ Ecology ]

Conspecific [ Biology ]

Constriction [ Botany ]

Consumer [ Ecology ]

Container (for plant cultivation)  [ Horticulture ]

Contractile root [ Botany ]

Contraction - Contractile [ Botany ]

Control (of pest and diseases) [ Horticulture - Agronomy ]

Controlled pollination [ Horticulture

Convergent evolution [ Biology ]

Copper [ Chemistry - Botany - Plant physiology ]

Cordate [ Botany ]

Cork - Corky [ Botany ]

Corm[ Botany ]

Coriaceous [ Botany ]

Corolla [ Botany ]

Corona (in Asclepiadaceae flower) [ Botany ]

Corpuscle - Corpusculum [pl. Corpuscula]  [ Botany ]

Corrugated [ Botany ]

Cortex [ Botany ]

Cortical bundles [ Botany ]

Cotyledons [ Botany ]

Crassulaceae [ Botany ]

Crassulacean acid metabolism [ Botany - Physiology ]

Crawling [ Botany ]

Crenate [ Botany ]

Crepuscular [ Botany ]

Crest-shaped [ Botany ]

Criptogams [ Botany ]

Cryptic [ Ecology]

Cristation [ Botany ]

Crop [ Agronomy - Horticulture ]

Cross [ Botany ]

Cross pollination [ Botany - Hoticulture ]

Cross section [ Botany ]

Crossbreeding (Cross-Breeding) [ Genetics ]

Crowding [ Agronomy - Horticulture ]

Crown[ Botany ]

Crown rot [ Phytopathology ]

Cryptocarp - Cryptocarpic [ Botany ]

Cryptophytes [ Botany ]

Crystal [ Chemistry - Physics ] 

Culm [ Botany ]

Cultivar (cv) [ Taxonomy - Horticulture ]

Cultivated (cult.)   [ Taxonomy - Horticulture ]

Cultivation   [ Botany - Agronomy ]

Culture [ Biology - Agronomy - Horticulture ]

Cuneate [ Botany ]

Cup (Floral Cup) [ Botany ]

Cupular - Cup-shaped [ Botany ]

Cupule[ Botany ]

Cure [ Phytopathology ]

Cushion-forming (Cushion plants) [ Botany ]

Cuticle [ Botany ]

Cutin [ Botany - Chemistry ]

Cutting [ Horticulture ]

Cyathium (Pl. Cyathia) [ Botany ]

Cycle - Cyclic [ Botany - Biology ]

Cylindric (Cylindrical) [ Botany - Morphology ]

Cyme Cymose[ Botany ]

Cytokinesis [ Biology ]

Cytokinins [ Botany - Plant physiology ]

 
 
 

 

 

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