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Caulescent—kaw_-les’-ent (Lat. cau/ts, a stalk). 
Having a true stem on stems or stalks. 
Cell—sel’ (Lat. cella, a hiding place). A 
small cavity. 
Cellular—(Lat. ce/ula, a little cell). Consist- 
ing of a number of cells. 
Celliferous—Cellular, and fevo, I bear. Pro- 
ducing cells. 
Cellulose—sel’u-loz. A compound of H. O. 
and C. which goes to make up the principal 
part of the cell structure of plants. 
Centimetre or Centimeter—sen-tim’-e-ter, 
(Lat. centum, a hundred; Gr. metron, a 
measure). A French measure of length, 
©. 3936 inch, about 2 of an English inch. 
Cerate—se’-rat (Lat. cera, wax; Italian, cero). 
Any ointment containing wax. 
Ceracious—se-ra’-shus. Applied to flowers 
that have a wax-like appearance. 
Ceratium—se-ra’-shi-um (Gr. eras, a horn). 
A long one-celled pericarp with two valves, 
many seeded, horn-shaped. 
Cereals—se’-ri-als (Lat. cerealis, pertaining to. 
grain, to the goddess of agriculture Ceres). 
All kinds of grain. 
Cerebellum—ser’-a-bell’-um (Lat., Ital., cerre- 
bello, the back and lower part of the brain 
base). 
Cerebrum—ser’-e-brum (Lat.) The front and 
larger brain. 
Cerebriform—(Lat. cerebrum, and forma, 
Shape, brain-like). Example: kernel of the 
hickory nut, ete. 
Cerulean—se-ru’-li-an (Lat. caeruleus, dark 
blue). Flowers of a sky blue color, 
