cespitose

English

Alternative forms

• caespitose

Etymology

Latin caespes (“turf”).

Adjective

cespitose (comparative more cespitose, superlative most cespitose)

1. (botany) tufty; growing in tufts.
   • 1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany:

     A cespitose or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting.

Derived terms

• cespitosely

 

References

• “cespitose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tosspiece

Italian

Adjective

cespitose

1. feminine plural of cespitoso