Glossary 



CARDIAC (cardinals, heart), of or pertaining to the heart; pertaining to the eso- 

 phageal portion of the stomach, opposed to pyloric. 



CARIOUS (cariosus, <can'es, decay), decayed. 



CARMINE (carmineus, coccmews), a very pure and intense crimson, the purest of the 

 cochineal colors. 



CARIBOUS (carneus, <ca?-o, flesh), fleshy; flesh-colored. 



CAR'NOSE (carnosus, fleshy, <ccm>, flesh), fleshy. 



CARTILAGINOUS (cartilaginosus, <^cartilago, gristle), firm and tough ; gristly. 



CASTA'NEOUS (castaneus), chestnut-colored; chestnut color. (Burnt umber + vermil- 

 ion.) 



CAT/DATE (caudatus, <^cauda, a tail), having a tail-like appendage. 



CAULK/OLOUS (dim. of cauUs, a stalk), growing on herbaceous stems. 



CELL (cella, a small room, barn, etc.), (a) a small cavity, compartment or hollow 

 place ; (b) a mass of protoplasm of various size and shape, generally microscopic, 

 with or without a nucleus and enclosing wall, the fundamental form-element of 

 every organized body. 



CELLULAR (cellula, dim. of a cell, + ar), composed of cells. 



CELL'ULOSE (cellula, a cell), the essential constituent of the primary wall-membrane 

 of cells, a secretion from the contained protoplasm; allied to starch, sugar and 

 inulin. Chemical formula, C 6 H 10 O 5 . 



CENTIMETER, CM. (centum, a hundred, + metre, meter), in the metric system a 

 measure of length, the hundredth part of a meter, equal to 0.3937 of an English 

 inch. 



CENTRIF'UGALLY (centrum, the center, -\-fugere, flee), from the center outwards. 



CENTRIP'ETALLY (centrum, the center, + petere, seek, move toward), from the cir- 

 cumference toward the center. 



CE'P^FORM (cepa, an onion; forma, form), onion-shaped. 



CERA'CEOUS (ceraceus, <^cera, wax), wax-like, waxy. 



CEREB'RIFORM (cerebrum, the brain, -{-forma, form), brain-shaped. 



CER'VINE (cervinus, <^cervus, deer), of a deep tawny or fawn color. 



CHANNELED (canalis, a water-pipe, canal), hollowed out like a gutter; canaliculate 



CHARTA'CEOUS (chartaceus, <^charta, paper), like paper. 



CHESTNUT COLOR (castaneus, spadiceus), a rich dark reddish-brown of a slightly 

 purplish cast. (Vermilion -f burnt umber.) 



CHLAM'YDOSPORES (Gr. mantle, + Gr. seed) (encased spores), one of a number 

 of thick-walled resting spores usually formed in rows from the breaking up of the 

 hyphse into spherical bead-like cells ; on germination they may develop sporangia 

 or conidiophores. 



CHLOROPHYLL (chlorophyllum, Gr. yellowish-green; Gr.=^L., folium, a leaf), the 

 green coloring matter of plants. 



CHLOROSIS (Gr. greenness, paleness), loss of color, etiolation. 



CHOCOLATE-BROWN (chocolatinus'), a rich dark reddish-brown color, like the exterior 

 glazed surface of a cake of chocolate. 



CHROME-GREEN (chromium-viridis), a dull green color, nearly intermediate between 

 malachite green and sage green. 



CHROME-YELLOW, a deep yellow. 



CIL'IA (pi. of CILI'UM), (cilium, an eye-lid), marginal hair-like processes. 



CIL X IATE (cilium, an eye-lid), fringed with hair- like processes. 



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