Corymb. A flower-cluster in which the axis is shortened and the pedicels of the lower flowers lengthened, forming a flat-topped inflorescence, the marginal flowers blooming first. Page [xiv.]
Corymbose. Arranged in corymbs.
Crenate. Dentate, with the teeth much rounded. Page [xiii.]
Crenulate. Finely crenate.
Crown. The upper part of a tree, including the living branches with their foliage.
Cutting. A piece of the stem, root or leaf which, if cut off and placed in contact with the soil, will form new roots and buds, reproducing the parent plant.
Cyme. A broad and flattish inflorescence, the central flowers of which bloom first. Page [xiv.]
Cymose. Arranged in cymes.
Deciduous. Not persistent; falling away, as the leaves of a tree in autumn.