Capsule - A dry, many-seeded, spontaneously splitting fruit that arises from a compound pistil.

Carpel - The wall of a simple pistil, or part of the wall of a compound pistil.

Catkin - A spike-like flower cluster that bears scaly bracts and petal-less, unisexual flowers.

Cauline - Relating to or growing on a stem.

Clasping - Partly or completely surrounding the stem.

Claw - The narrow, curved base of a petal or sepal in some flowers.

Compound - Made up of two or more definable parts.

Compound Pistil - A pistil made up of two or more partially or completely united carpals.

Cone - A rounded, more or less elongated cluster of fruits or flowers covered with scales or bracts.

Cordate - Heart-shaped, with the pint at the apex.

Corm - A bulb-like but solid, fleshy underground stem base.

Corolla - The petals of a flower, which may be separate or joined in varying degrees.

Corymb - A generally flat-topped flower cluster with pedicels varying in length, the outer flowers opening first.

Creeper - A shoot that grows along the ground, rooting all along its length.

Crenate - Having rounded teeth along the margin.

Culm - The hollow stem of grasses and bamboos.

Cyme - A branching, relatively flat-topped flower cluster whose central or terminal flower opens first, forcing development or further flowers from lateral buds.

Deciduous - Falling off each season (as leaves); bearing deciduous parts (as trees).

Decompound - Having divisions that are also compound.

Decumbent - Lying on the ground but having an ascending tip.

Decurrent - Descriptive of leaves whose edges run down onto the stem.

Dentate - Sharply toothed, with the teeth pointing straight out from the margin.

Digitate - Compound, with the elements growing from a single point.

Dilated - Expanded, broadened, flaring.

Disk Flower - One of the tubular flowers or florets in the centre of the flower head of a composite flower such as the daisy. (see also ray flower).

Dissected - Cut into fine segments.

Double - Descriptive of the flowers that have more petals than normal.]

Doubly Serrate - Serrate, with small teeth on the margins of the larger ones.