cespitose
/ˈsɛspɪtoʊs/
adjective
- Growing in dense tufts or clumps, like certain grasses or mosses.
- In the alpine meadow, cespitose sedges created small, rounded mounds.
- Botanists identified the plant as cespitose because of its tight, clustered growth habit.
- The cespitose grass formed a thick cushion on the forest floor.
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