Cespitose

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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]:

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