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Calyx
Collective name for all the sepals of a flower, the modified leaves which surround and protect flower buds.
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Canker
Dead cells on the branches or trunk of a woody plant - tree or shrub.
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Chimara
A plant formed of the tissues of two different species mingled together. It generally shares the characteristics of the two parents.
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Cole
Crops From the cabbage family, plants of the genus Brassica, including: cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and turnips. Hence the German veggie Kohlrahbi,
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Conifer
A cone bearing tree of the pine family that is usually (but not always) evergreen
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Cormel
A small, underdeveloped corm, usually attached to a larger corm
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Cotyledon(s)
The seed leaves, which are present before germination, as distinct from true leaves, which develop after germination.
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Cross Pollination
The fertilization of the ovary on one plant with pollen from another plant, producing a progeny with a new genetic makeup distinct from either parent.
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Cultivar
Variety strictly raised through horticultural processes, rather than in nature. Its name is not part of the Latin name. Strictly speaking, vegetable varieties should be known as cultivars.
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Cutworm
The larvae of several species of moths that pupate just beneath the surface of the soil. While in the larval stage they emerge at night and "cut down" seedlings, then devour them, leaving no evidence beyond the severed stem. Control is by putting one inch tall collars around the stem of newly set transplants so that the cutworms can't get to them
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