Caespitose

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caespitose \C[ae]s"pi*tose`\, a.
     Same as {Cespitose}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
     Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
     rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
     [Written also {c[ae]spitose}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caespitose
       adj : (of plants) growing in dense clumps or tufts [syn: {cespitose},
              {tufted}]