a. Bot. & Zool. [ad. mod.L. cæspitōs-us, f. cæspit-em turf: see -OSE.] Growing in thick tufts or clumps, turfy.

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1830.  Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 50. Little elegant herbaceous plants, with white flowers, cæspitose leaves.

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1872.  H. A. Nicholson, Palæont., 95. The corallum is cæspitose, or tufted.

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