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cespitose
Or ·辱·ٴDz
[ses-pi-tohs]
adjective
Botany.
forming mats; growing in dense tufts.
cespitose
/ ˈɛɪˌəʊ /
adjective
a variant spelling (esp US) of caespitose
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Other Word Forms
- cespitosely adverb
- ˈ辱ˌٴDz adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cespitose1
1785–95; < New Latin 辱ōܲ, equivalent to Latin ŧ辱- (stem of ŧ, variant of caespes turf ) + -ōܲ -ose 1
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Differs from the variety of n. 69 chiefly in its more cespitose habit, its densely glaucous-blue covering, very slender culm, and very long and filiform peduncles.
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It does not grow in a cespitose manner with us.
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I have never seen it cespitose, never more than two specimens growing near each other.
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The cespitose masses are often a foot broad.
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Stamens 3.—Low cespitose annuals; spike often scarcely exserted from the upper sheath.
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