a. Also CÆSPITOSE, q.v. Turfy, growing in dense tufts or clumps.

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1793.  T. Martyn, Lang. Botany, s.v. Cespitosa planta, A cespitose or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close thick carpet.

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1828.  Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 432. Cespitose; branches short, erect, thick.

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1846.  Dana, Zooph., iv. (1848), 71. Crowded cespitose clumps.

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1882.  Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 380. Small cespitose Mosses which are very leafy and much branched.

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