Coccus (plural cocci), anciently a berry; now mostly used to denote the separable carpels or nutlets of a dry fruit.
Cochleariform, spoon-shaped.
Cochleate, coiled or shaped like a snail-shell.
Cœlospermous, applied to those fruits of Umbelliferæ which have the seed hollowed on the inner face, by incurving of top and bottom; as in Coriander.
Coherent, usually the same as connate.
Cohort, name sometimes used for groups between order and class, [178].
Coleorhiza, a root-sheath.
Collateral, side by side.
Collective fruits, [118].
Collum or Collar, the neck or junction of stem and root.