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on the liver and its secretion, producing bili- 
ary discharges. 
Chorion—ko’-ri-an (Gr. chorion, skin). In 
medicine the,external membrane investing 
the foetusin the womb, In botany, the fluid 
or jelly investing the ovule in its earliest 
stages. 
Chorisis—kor’-i-sis (Gr. chorizo, I separate). 
The act of separating of one part of an organ 
to form a scale or the doubling of any organ 
of a plant. 
Ciliated—(Lat. cz/ium, an eyelid with the lashes 
growing on it). Furnished or surrounded 
with parallel hairs, fibers or bristles, 
Cinenchyma—si-nen’-ki-ma (Gr. £2ueo, I move, 
engchuma, an infusion). The milky tissue 
formed by interlacing of the various vessels 
of the plant. 
Cinque-foil—singk’-foil (Fr. cingue, five, and 
Lat. folium, a leaf). /. genus of plants, the 
Potentillas, five fingered, five leaflets. 
Circinate—ser’-si-nat (Lat. circino, I turn 
around). In botany, rolled in from the sum- 
mit towards the base, as in the frond of the 
fern, like a crosier. 
Cirrose—sir’-roz (Lat. cirrus, a curl). Hav- 
ing or giving off tendrils 
Cirriferous—sir-rif’-er-us (Lat. cirrus, and 
rat I bear). Plants having or bearing ten- 
rils, 
Clavate—kla’-vat (Lat. cava, aclub; Sanscrit, 
cula, a lance or club). Club shaped. Example: 
Lycopodium, club moss. 
Cleistogamos—klis-tog’-a-mos (Gr. kleistos, 
shut, and gamos, marriage). Inconspicuous, 
