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card, for combing wool; and this again from Keltic 

 ard, a point : this is not certain. 



Maria'nus, Linneus. The CarcUms Marine of Fuchs, &c., 

 after the Virgin Marj^ "In the clays of monkish 

 superstition the milky veins were said to have ori- 

 ginated in the milk of the Virgin Mary having fallen 

 on them as she nursed the infant Jesus ; hence it was 

 called the ' Holy Thistle ' and ' Our Lady's Thistle.' " 

 — E. B. 

 Ca'rex, Virgil. L. for sedge. The etymology of this word 

 is uncertain. 



Pseu' do -cy' penis, Dodoncneus. G., iDseiid, false, and Cy- 

 perus (which see). 

 Caeli'na, Dodoncneus. Same as Carolina {Carolus L. for 

 Charles). " From a tradition that the root was shown 

 by an angel to Charlemagne as a remedy for the 

 plague which prevailed m his army." — Theis. 

 Carpi'nus, Pliny. Named from car, wood, and pin, a head 

 in Keltic ; the wood having been employed to make 

 yokes for oxen. The English " Hornbeam" has the 

 same signification.— Theis. 



Bet'idus, Gerard. L., Betula, a Birch tree. "It is also 

 called Betulus, as if it were a kind of Birch." — 

 Gerard. The Hornbeam was formerly called either 

 Betulus or Carpinus. 

 Ca'eum, Dioscorides. L. for caraway, from G. caros of 

 Dioscorides, from Caria, where it grew. It was 

 called Caros, Caron, Carum, Careum and Carui in 

 the shops, according to the writers of the sixteenth 

 centurj^ 



Bulhocas'tanum, Tournefort. From L., hidho, bulb, and 

 castanea, chestnut ; the root having the flavour of a 

 Chestnut. 



Carai, or Carvi. See Cahum. 



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