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caespitose

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caes⋅pi⋅tose

  [ses-pi-tohs]
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–adjective
cespitose.
Related forms:
caes⋅pi⋅tose⋅ly, adverb

ces⋅pi⋅tose

  [ses-pi-tohs]
–adjective Botany.
forming mats; growing in dense tufts.
Also, caespitose.

Origin:
1785–95; < NL cespitōsus, equiv. to L cēspit- (s. of cēspes, var. of caespes turf) + -ōsus -ose 1

Related forms:
ces⋅pi⋅tose⋅ly, adverb
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caespitose

adjective
(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts 
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