Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cespitous \Ces"pi*tous\, a. [See {Cespitose}.]
   Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.

         A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same
         root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting.
         --Martyn.