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caespitous

caespitous is the alternative form of cespitose.

Meaning of cespitose

Adjective

cespitose (comparative more cespitose, superlative most cespitose)

  1. tufty; growing in tufts.
    • A cespitose or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting.1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany

Forms of caespitous

comparativemore caespitous
superlativemost caespitous

Questions about caespitous

What is caespitous the alternative form of?
Caespitous is the alternative form of cespitose.

Words near caespitous in the dictionary

  1. caesium nitrate
  2. caesium nitrates
  3. caesium-137
  4. caespitose
  5. caespitosely
  6. caespitous
  7. caesti
  8. caestus
  9. caestuses
  10. caesura
  11. caesurae

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