Growing in dense clumps or tufts; forming grass-like clusters or matted growth patterns (used in botany and biology).
From Latin caespes (turf or sod) + -ose (suffix meaning 'full of' or 'resembling'). Botanical term describing plants that grow in clumped, turflike formations.
Mosses and certain grasses are caespitose—they form those dense, bumpy mats you see on forest floors, and understanding this growth pattern helps scientists predict how plants colonize bare rock and soil after environmental disturbances.
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