Caprification 



carnous 



Caprifica'tion, Caprifica'tio (Lat. ), (1) 

 the fertilization of the fig by 

 insects, branches of the wild fig 

 being placed among the cultivated 

 kind ; the subsequent fertilization 

 is attributed to the punctures of an 

 hymenopterous insect ; (2) fecunda- 

 tion by artificial means ; Caprifi'cus 

 (Lat.), the wild or "male" fig, the 

 uncultivated form. 



CapseU'a (K&tj/a., a box), Link's term 

 for ACHENE. 



Cap'sicin, an acrid alkaloid principle 

 found in some species of Capsicum. 



Capsoma'nia (KU^O., a box, mania, mad- 

 ness), a multiplication of pistils. 



Cap'sule, Cap'sula, (1) a dry, dehiscent 

 seed-vessel ; (2) the theca of Mosses ; 

 (3) J the perithecium or receptacle 

 of Fungi ; cap'sular, capsuta'ris, 

 possessing a fruit of the kind just 

 mentioned ; cap'sulate, enclosed in 

 a capsule ; capsulife'rous, -rus, 

 (fero, I bear), bearing capsules. 



Cap'ut (Lat. the head), the peridium 

 of some Fungi ;~FlorumJ =CAPIT- 

 ULUM ; ~Radi'cis, the crown of the 

 root ; the obsolete stem or bud of 

 herbaceous plants. 



Carbony'drates (Carbon + Hydrate), 

 non-volatile solids, as arabic acid, 

 cellulose, dextrin, starch, sugar ; the 

 non-saccharine members may be 

 turned into sugars by boiling in 

 dilute acids, usually into glucose 

 (dextrose). 



Car'bon Diox'ide = 002 ; carbona'ceous 

 ( + aceous), consisting chiefly of sub- 

 stances in which carbon predo- 

 minates ; carb'onised, turned into 

 nearly pure carbon by slow com- 

 bustion, as charcoal. 



Car'cerule, Carceru'lus (career, prison), 

 Desvaux's name for a dry, indehis- 

 cent, many-celled, superior fruit, 

 such as that of the lime-tree ; (2) 

 it has also been employed for the 

 sporangia of some Fungi ; carceru'- 

 lar, career ula'ris, having a carcerule 

 fruit. 



Carcino'des (/cap/avwSijs, cancerous dis- 

 ease) and Carcino'ma (KapKivu/j.a, 

 cancerous ulcer), have been used 



to denote CANKER and kindred 

 diseases. 



Carcith'ium J or Carcyth'ium J (tp- 

 KLvovcrOai, to become entangled, 

 as roots), Necker's word for MY- 

 CELIUM ; Carcy'tes, J = MYCELIUM. 



Carene (Fr. Carene) = CARINA, keel; 

 has been used for the keel or midrib 

 in the leaves of grasses. 



Caricog'raphy (Carex, Caricis, ypa<J>ij, 

 writing), a treatise on Cyperaceae, 

 sedges, from the genus Carex, the 

 largest in the order ; Caricol'ogist 

 (\6yos, discourse), a writeron sedges. 



Ca'ries (Lat. rottenness), putridity, 

 decay. 



Cari'na (Lat. keel) ; (1) the two an- 

 terior petals of a papilionaceous 

 flower, or similar organ ; (2) the 

 keel of the glume of grasses ; (3) 

 the principal nerve of a sepal ; 

 cari'nal, relating to the keel in 

 aestivation when the carina includes 

 the other parts of the flower ; <~ 

 Canal, in Equisetum, a water canal 

 on the inner side of the xylem, op- 

 posite a ridge on the surface of the 

 stem ; carina'lis, that side of the 

 fruit of Umbelliferae which repre- 

 sents the carina, or principal nerve 

 of the adherent calyx ; car'inate, 

 carina'tus, keeled ; carina' to- pli- 

 ca'tus, plaited so that each fold re- 

 sembles a keel, as the peristome of 

 some Mosses. 



Cariop'side, Cariop'sis (Kapvov, a nut, 

 6\j/is, resemblance), a one-celled, one- 

 seeded, superior fruit, with peri- 

 carp united to the seed ; the fruit of 

 cereals ; cariopsid'eus, having a cari- 

 opsisasfruit, also spelled CARYOPSIS. 



ca'rious, carlo' sus, (Lat.) rotten, de- 

 cayed. 



Car 'mine, the purest red pigment 

 obtainable, without admixture of 

 blue or yellow. 



carna'tion (carneiis, of flesh), flesh- 

 coloured. [Wheat-ear Carnation is 

 a monstrous state of that flower 

 with multiplied bracts.] 



carn'eous, carn'eus (Lat. of flesh), 

 flesh-coloured; Carno'sitas (Lat.) 

 fleshiness ; carn'ose, carn'ous, car- 



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