Caudate. Having a slender tail-like appendage.

Caudex. The persistent base of an otherwise annual herbaceous stem.

Caulescent. Having a manifest stem.

Cauline. Belonging to the stem.

Cavernous. Hollow; full of air-cavities.

Cell. One of the minute vesicles, of very various forms, of which plants are formed. Any structure containing a cavity, as the cells of an anther, ovary, etc.

Cellular (tissue). Composed of short transparent thin-walled cells, in distinction from fibrous or vascular.

Cespitose. Growing in tufts; forming mats or turf.

Chaff. A small thin scale or bract, becoming dry and membranous.

Chaffy. Having or resembling chaff.