Glossary 



CONTEXT-PLANE, between convex and flat. 



CON'VOLUTE (convolutus, pp. of convolvere, roll together), covered with irregular con- 

 vexities and depressions resembling the convolutions of the brain. 

 COR'DATE (cordatus, heart-shaped), heart-shaped. 

 CORIACEOUS (coriaceus, <^corium, leather), of a leathery texture. 

 CORNEOUS (corneus, horny), of a horny texture. 

 CORRUGATED (corrugatus, pp. cornigare, <ccm, together, + rugare, to wrinkle), 



wrinkled; contracted; puckered; having a wrinkled appearance. 

 COR'TEX (cortex, cork'), literally bark ; a covering of cells enclosing the axis; cor- 

 tical layer; the outer rind-like layer or layers of some fungus bodies. 

 COR'TICAL (cortex (cortic), bark, rind, + al), of or pertaining to the cortex. 

 COR'TICATE, CORTICATED (corticatus, pp. adj., <cortex, bark), furnished with bark- 

 like covering ; having a rind. 



CORTI'NA (cortina, a veil of spider-web structure rupturing at or near the stem ; ap- 

 plied to the peculiar veil of the genus Cortinarius. 



COR'TINATE (cortinatus, <cortina, a curtain), provided with or pertaining to a cor- 

 tina. 



COS'TATE (costatus, ribbed, <costa, rib), having a ridge or ridges as if ribbed. 

 COST.E (pi. of costa, a rib, a side), ribs or primary veins (as in a leaf). 

 CRATE'RA (crater, a bowl), a cup-shaped receptacle. 

 CRATER'IFORM (crater, a crater, -{-forma, shape), basin or saucer-shaped; having 



the form of a crater. 



CREAM COLOR (cremeus), a light pinkish-yellow color like cream. 

 ' CRE'NATE (crenatus, <c? < e?m, a notch), notched at the edge, indented, scalloped : The 



notches are blunt or rounded, not sharp as in a serrated edge. 

 CREN'ULATE, CREN'ULATED (crenulatus) , same as crenate. 



CRETACEOUS (cretaceus, chalky, <creta, chalk), chalky ; of the color of chalk. 

 CRIB'RATE, CRIB'RIFORM (cribrum, a sieve, + forma, shape), sieve-like; perforated 



with small holes. 



CRIB'ROSE (cribrostts, <_cribrum, a sieve), pierced with holes; perforated. 

 CRIMSON (carmineus, sanguineus, sanguineo-ruber') , blood-red, the color of the cruder 



sorts of carmine. 

 CRI'NITE (crinitus, haired, pp. of crinire, provide with hair, < craw's, hair), having a 



tuft of long, weak hairs. 



CRISP, CRISPED, CRISTATE (crispus, curled, wavy, uneven, tremulous), having the 

 surface, especially near the margin, strongly and finely undulate, as the leaves of 

 the Savoy cabbage. 

 CRIS X TATE (cristatus, <crista, a crest), crested; bearing a ridge, mane or tuft on the 



top. 

 CRU'CIATE, CRUCIFORM (cruciatus, pp. of cruciarc, torture), having the form of a 



cross with equal arms. 



CRUSTA'CEOUS (crusta, a crust, + aceous), of hard and brittle texture. 

 CRYP'TOGAM (Gfr. hidden, + marriage), a plant of the order Cryptogamia. 

 CRYPTOGA^IA (Gr. hidden, + marriage), flowerless plants propagated by spores. 

 CRYPTOG'AMY (Gr. hidden, -4- marriage), obscure fructification as in plants of the 



class Cryptogamia. 



CULM (culmus, a stalk), the stem of grasses. . 



CU'NEATE, CUNEIFORM (ciineatus, pp. of cuneare, wedge, make wedge-shaped, <CM- 

 neus, a wedge), wedge-shaped. 



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