coalitus 



Coenocyte 



coalescence of petals causes that 

 condition ; adj. coal'itus. 



coarc'tate, coarcta'tus (Lat., pressed 

 together), crowded together ; Coarc'- 

 ture, Coarctu'ra, Grew's term for 

 the neck or collurn, the junction 

 of root and stem at the level of the 

 ground. 



Coat, the successive layers of a bulb ; 

 coat'ed, occurring in layers, usually 

 of varying consistence, as the bark 

 of a tree, the rind of fruits, etc. ; ~ 

 Bulb, a tunicated bulb. 



coaxial (co for con, with, and axis, an 

 axle), parallel with the axis, or 

 having a common axis. 



Cob, the spike of maize. 



cobalti'iius (Mod. Lat.), the colour of 

 cobalt, a light blue, azure. 



cob'webbed, cob'webby, entangled 

 with fine filaments, arachnoid. 



Cocc'i, pi. of Coccus. 



Coccid'ium f (KOKKOS, a kernel or berry) 

 = CYSTOCARP ; coccif 'erous (fero, I 

 bear), bearing berries. 



cocciform'is (coccum, kermes, forma, 

 shape), used by Koerber to denote 

 Lichen spores shaped like the 

 kermes, or insect which affords the 

 scarlet dye from Querciis cocci/era, 

 Linn. ; coccinell'us, light scarlet in 

 colour ; coccin'eus, scarlet, with a 

 tendency towards carmine. 



coccochromat'ic (KOKKOS, a berry ; 

 Xp/j.a, colour), colour distributed 

 in granular patches, as in some 

 diatoms, cf. PLACOCHROMATIC ; 

 Cocco'des, spherical granulations 

 resembling pills ; Coc'cogone, Cocco- 

 go'nium (yovrt, offspring), a propaga- 

 tive cell of the nature of a sporan- 

 gium in Cyanophyceae ; cocc'oid, 

 applied to amorphous colonies of 

 propagative cells in Nostoc (Sauva- 

 geau) ; Coc'colith (\idos, stone), con- 

 stituent plates of COCCOSPHERES ; 

 Coc'cosphere (afia'ipa., a sphere), 

 spherical masses of protoplasmic 

 origin, bearing coccoliths on their 

 external surface, Coccosphaera 

 leptopora, G. Murr. & Blackm. ; 

 Coc'cule, Coc'culnm, a portion of a 

 divided Coccus ; Coc'cus, Coc'cum, 



(1) part of a schizocarp or lobed 

 fruit ; (2) Coccus is also applied 

 to the rounded bacteria. 



Cochlea (cochlea, a snail or spoon), a 

 closely coiled legume ; cochlear, 

 cochfea'ris ; (1) spoon-shaped; (2) 

 used of a form of imbricate aesti- 

 vation with one piece exterior 

 cochlearlform, cochlear [form! is, 

 spoon-shaped ; Cochlidiosperm'ata J 

 (cnrepfj.a, seed), seeds convex on one 

 side, concave on the other, from 

 unequal growth or anomalous 

 structure ; coch'leate, cochlea'tus, 

 shell-shape, in the manner of a 

 snail-shell. 



Cod, = a seed pod ; cod'like, follicu- 

 lar ; Cod'ware, an old word for 

 pulse. 



Codeine (/cu>5a, a poppy-head), an 

 alkaloid in the opium poppy. 



cocks'combed, fasciated (Crozier). 



codiophylTus (KuSiov, a fleece; <f>v\\ov, 

 a leaf ), when a leaf is covered with 

 a woolly pubescence. 



Coelosperm'ae (KOL\OS, hollow; ffirep^a, 

 a seed), plants whose seeds have 

 albumen curved at the ends ; coelo- 

 sperm'ous, coelosperm'us, hollow- 

 seeded ; used for the seed-like 

 carpels of Umbelliferae, with 

 ventral face incurved at the top 

 and bottom, as in coriander ; 

 Coenanth'ium (avOos, a flower) 

 CLINANTHIUM. 



Coe'nobe = COENOBIUM. 



Coeno'bium (itoivbpiov, a cloister) ; (1) 

 the same as CARCERULE ; (2) a 

 colony of independent organisms 

 united by a common investment, as 

 Volvox, Pandorina, etc.; (3) fruits 

 such as those of Labiates, consisting 

 of distinct lobes but not terminated 

 with a stigma ; sometimes spelled 

 CENOBIUM, etc. ; adj. coeno'biar, 

 coenobia'ris, coenobio'neus ; coeno'- 

 bioid (eWos, resemblance), like a 

 coenobium. 



Coenocladla (KOIVOS, in common ; 

 /cXdSos, a branch), natural grafting, 

 where branches have grown to- 

 gether ; Coen'ocyte (KVTOS, a vessel), 

 an aggregation of protoplasmic 



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