caespitosecespitoseadj.
/ˌsɛspɪˈtəʊs/ Botany and Zoology.
Growing in thick tufts or clumps, turfy.
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the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > clustered, crowded, or growing in tufts
caespitose1793
glomerate1793
coacervate1845
clustered1861
stipate1871
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. D4 A cespitose or turfy plant, has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close thick carpet.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 50 Little elegant herbaceous plants, with white flowers, cæspitose leaves.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 95 The corallum is cæspitose, or tufted.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 380 Small cespitose Mosses which are very leafy and much branched.
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