The opposite of simple. The part of the flower that is usually its major decorative feature. It may consist of separate petals or be more or less fused into a single unit. The corolla tends to be colorful, in contrast to the normally plain green calyx. The first leaf or leaves to be carried by a seedling after germination.
Cotyledons are often different in appearance from subsequent and adult leaves.
Crested, or cockscomb shaped. Refers to abnormal-looking cockscomblike growth in one area of leaves, stems, or flowers. Varieties of house plants with cristate-leaved forms exist among the ferns, and cristate stemmed forms are found among cacti and a few succulents. The area at the base or center of a herbaceous perennial from which top growth and roots emerge. The crown is the part of the plant where shoots and roots meet.