cespitose

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cespitose - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
     Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
     rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
     [Written also c[ae]spitose.]
     [1913 Webster]

cespitose - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cespitose
      adj 1: (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts [syn:
             caespitose, cespitose, tufted]