crenulatus - kren-yew-lay-tus: some-
what scalloped (crenulate).
crepitans - krep-it-anz: rattling, rus-
tling.
cretaceus-kret-tay-see-us: chalky, per-
taining to chalk.
crinitus-krin-nye-tus: hairy.
crispus-krisp-us: crisped, curled.
cristatus-kns-ray-tus: crested.
crocatus - kroh-kay-tus: yellow (saf-
fron ).
croceus-kroh-see-us: saffron-yellow.
cruciatus - krew-see-ay-tus: cross-like
(cruciate).
cruciferus - krew-sif-er-us: cross-bear-
ing.
cruentus - krew-ent-us: blood-colored.
crystallinus - kris-tal-in-us: crystal-
line, (crystal-clear).
cubensis - kew-ben-siss: of or from
Cuba
cucullatus-kuk-yew-lay-tus: hooded.
cultratus-kul-tray-tus: knife-shaped.
culfriformis - kul-trif-form-iss: knife-
shaped.
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cuneatus - kew-nee-ay-tus: wedge-
shaped.
cuneifolius - kew-nee-if-foh-lee-us:
wedge-leaved.
cuneiformis - kew-nee-if-form-iss:
wedge-formed.
cupreatus-ke w-pree-ay-tus: coppery.
cupreus-kew-pree-us: copper (-col-
ored).
curvatus-ker-vay-tus: curved.
curvifolius - ker-vif-foh-lee-us: curv-
ving-leaved.
cuspidatus - kusp-id-day-tus: sharply
or stiffly pointed (cuspidate).
cyanus-sye-ay-nus: blue.
cylindraceus - sil-in-dray-see-us: cyl-
inder-like.
cylindricus - sil-lin-drik-us: cylindri-
cal.
cymbiformis - sim-bif-form-iss: boat-
shaped.
cymosus - sye-moh-sus: with flowers
in cymes (cymose).
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daetyliferus - dak-til-lif-er-us: finger
bearing, finger-like.
dahuricus - da-hew-rik-us: of Dahuria
(eastern Siberia).
dalmaticus - dal-mat-ik-us: of Dalma-
tia (the Adriatic).
damascenus - dam-ass-see-nus: of Da-
mascus (Syria).
dasycarpus - das-ik-karp-us: thick-
fruited.
dealbatus - dee-al-bay-tus: whitish,
almost white.
debilis-deb-il-iss: weak, frail.
decapetalus - dek-ap-pet-al-us: ten
petaled.
deciduus - des-sid-yew-us: with parts
falling (as leaves), deciduous.
decipiens-des-sip-ee-enz: not obvious,
deceptive.
declinatus-dek-lin-nay-tus: bent down-
ward.
decolorans - dee-kol-lohr-ans: discol-
oring, staining.
decompositus-dee-kom-pos-it-us: more
than once divided or compounded.
decorans - dek-or-anz: adorning.
decorus-dek-or-us: comely, becoming.
decumbens - dee-kum-bens: reclining
at base with tips upright; decum-
bent.
decurrens - dee-kur-rens: decurrent
(as a leaf descending down a stem).
decussatus - dee-kus-ray-tus: arranged
in pairs, with adjacent pairs at right
angles (decussate).
deflexus - dee-flex-us: bent sharply
downward, deflexed.
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deformis-dee-form-iss: misshapen, de-
formed.
delectus-dee-lekt-us: chosen.
delicatissimus - del-ik-at-m-im-us:
very delicate.
deiicatus-del-ik-kay-tus: delicate, ten-
der.
deliciosus-del-iss-ee-oh-sus: delicious.
deltoidus-del-toy-dee-us: deltoid (tri-
angular.
deltoideus-del-toy-dee-us: deltoid (tri-
angular).
demersus-dee-mer-sus: submerged.
demissus-dee-miss-us: low, weak.
dendroideus - den-droy-dee-us: tree-
like.
densiflorus - den-sif-floh-rus: densely
flowered.
densus - den-sus: dense, compact.
dentatus - den-tay-tus: toothed, den-
tate.
denticulatus - den-tik-yew-lay-tus:
somewhat toothed, denticulate.
denudatus - dee-new-day-tus: naked,
bare.
dependens - dee-pen-dens: hanging
down.
depressus - dee-press-us: flattened, de-
pressed.
deustus-dee-uss-tus: burned.
diacanthus - dye-ak-anth-us: two-
spined, two-thorned.
diademus - dye-ad-dee-mus: two
crowned.
diandrus-dye-and-rus: two-stamened.
dianthiflorus - dye-anth-if-floh-rus:
dianthus-flowered.
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