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CESPITOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cespitose mean?
• CESPITOSE (adjective)
The adjective CESPITOSE has 1 sense:
1. (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts
Familiarity information: CESPITOSE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts
Synonyms:
caespitose; cespitose; tufted
Similar:
ungregarious ((of plants) growing together in groups that are not close together)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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