Corcule 



coroUifloroas 



(Lat , a little heart) = (1) embryo.; 



(2) plumule, or plumule and radicle. 



Cord, a synonym of Strand; umbili'- 



cal -^ = Funiculus. 

 cordai'tean, resembling the genus of 



fossils, Cordaites. 

 cor'date, corda'tus (Lat. ), heart-shaped, 

 applied to leaves having the petiole 

 at the broader and notched end ; 

 cor'diform, cordiformf is (Lat. ) ; 

 shaped like a heart. 

 eord'shape = funiliform. 

 Core, (1) the seeds and integuments of 

 a pome, such as an apple ; Grew 

 spells it "Coar"; (2) an axial 

 strand of parenchyma in the hau- 

 storium of certain parasites (De 

 Bary); coreless [disyll.], \vithout 

 core (Bailev). 

 core'mial {Koptina, a broom), like the 

 genus Coremium, Link; core'mioid 

 (eZSos, resemblance), applied to a 

 fasciated form, as of PenidUiuvi, 

 etc. ; Core'iniuin= Synnema. 

 Cor'eses («^pts, a bug), " dark red, 

 broad, discoid bodies, found beneath 

 the epicarp of grapes " (Lindley). 

 coria'ceous, coria'ceus [corium, leather), 



leathery. 

 Cork, protective tissue replacing the 

 epidermis in older superficial parts 

 of plants ; the outer cells contain 

 air, and are elastic and spongy in 

 texture, but impervious to liquids ; 

 '^ Camb'iiim = PHKLLO(;EN ; -- Cor'- 

 tex, the corky layers of the bark ; 

 -- Mer'istem = Phellogen ; '-' 

 Pore 'cork, suberised portion of lenti- 

 cels, with intercellular spaces be- 

 tween the cork-cells (Klebahn) ; 

 ^ Warts, local formations of cork on 

 leaves (Solereder) ; cork'y, of the tex- 

 ture or quality of cork ; ^ Envel'ope, 

 "- Lay'er, the bast layer beneath 

 the epidermis Avhich gives rise to 

 coik ; -^ Scab, a potato disease due to 

 the Myxomycete Spongospora Solani. 

 CorxQ, Corm'v^ {Kopfxbs, a trunk), a 

 bulb-like fleshy stem or base of stem, 

 a "solid" bulb; cormo'des {fl^o^, 

 resemblance), possessing an axis (A. 

 liraun) ; Cormog'amae {y^ixos, mar- 

 riage), Ardissoiie's division for Char- 



aceae and Muscineae ; cormog'enons 

 (7€Vos, offspring), having a stem or 

 corm ; cormophylla'ceoas {<pv\\ov, 

 a leaf, + aceous), used by E. New- 

 man for those Ferns whose fronds 

 are attached to the caudex ; Conn'o- 

 phyte {<{>vrhy, plant), Endlicher's 

 term for plants possessing axis and 

 foliage, that is. Phanerogams and 

 vascular Cryptogams ; adj. cormo- 

 phyt'ic ; -^ Associa'tion, dominated 

 by cormophytes (F. E. Fritsch). 

 Corn, cereals generally ; in the United 



States it is confined to maize. 

 corna'ceous, (1) allied to the cornel 

 tree, Cornus ; (2) "of a horn-like 

 consistence " (Vasey). 

 cor'neoQS, cor'neus (Lat.), horny, with 



a horny texture. 

 Cor'net {cornu, a horn), a hollow horn- 

 like growth ; '~ -sliape, cucuiliform, 

 hooded ; cornic'alate, cornicula'tus 

 (Lat.), furnished with a little horn 

 or horns ; comiculireroas, -nis 

 i/cro, I bear), bearing horns or 

 protubei-ances ; cor'niform {forma, 

 sliape), shaped like a horn. 

 Cor'nine, a bitter piincii)le in the bark 



of Cornus sanguinca, Linn. 

 Cor'nu (Lat., a liorn), (1) a horn-like 

 process ; (2) occasionally used for 

 Calcar or Spur ; cor'nute, cormi'tiif!, 

 horned or spurred ; '-' Leaves, a 

 sudden ])rojection of the midrib 

 forming a spine-like outgrowth, 

 often in a difierent plane ; Cor- 

 nu'tin, a poisonous body derived 

 from ergot, the "spur" of rye and 

 other grasses. 

 Cor'ol (Crozier) = Corolla. 

 Corol'la (Lat., a little crown) ; (1) the 

 interior perianth, comjtoscd of petals, 

 free or united ; (2) J the annulus of 

 Fungi; (3) emploja'd by Sir J. E. 

 Smith for the utricle of Carex ; 

 corolla'ceous (-f aceous) corolla- 

 like, petaloiil ; cor'ollate, corulla'lua, 

 corolla'ris, possessing a corolla • 

 Cor'ollet, a floret of a Composite ; 

 coroUif'erous, -riis {frro, 1 bear), 

 corolla-bearing ; coroUiflor'al {,flos, 

 Jloris, a flower), corolliflor'ous, -rns, 

 having the calyx, petals and ovary 



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