Meanings
adjectivecespitose (comparative more cespitose, superlative most cespitose)
comparative more cespitose · superlative most cespitose · alternative caespitose · alternative caespitous
- biologytufty; growing in tufts.
A cespitose or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting.
1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts
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Origin
Latin caespes (“turf”).
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