cespitose

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ses′pi tōs′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ces•pi•tose  (ses′pi tōs′),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]
  1. Botanyforming mats;
    growing in dense tufts.
Also, caespitose. 
  • Neo-Latin cespitōsus, equivalent. to Latin cēspit- (stem of cēspes, variant of caespes turf ) + -ōsus -ose1
  • 1785–95
ces′pi•tose′ly, adv. 

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