Consortism 



A DICTIONARY 



Corculum 



gether, said either of like or 

 unlike parts; (2) haviug a small 

 surface in proportion to bulk, 

 as many cacti. 



C6N'S0RTI§M, see Symbiosis. 



CdN'STANT, always present, or 

 always in the same condition; 

 uniform. 



CfrNSTRiCT'ED, narrowed in cer- 

 taiu places. 



CONSTRUCTIVE METAP/OLfSM, 

 see Assimilation. 



C6NTABESCENCE, the condition 

 of being wasted away or abort- 

 ed; said of anthers which 

 contain little or no fertile 

 pollen. 



C6NTA'6lOUS, said of diseases 

 which are communicable from 

 one plant or animal to another 

 by contact only, or by the 

 direct transfer of the disease- 

 producing organism. Strict 

 contagion implies parasitism, 

 the organism being unable to 

 grow outside the supporting 

 body. Compare Infectious. 



CdNTER'MINOUS, of equal ex- 

 tent. 



C6NTIG'U0US, near, or in con- 

 tact. 



CONTIGUOUS, uniform in struct- 

 ure or outline; uninterrupted. 

 Said of hyphae which are with- 

 out septa, or of objects which 

 are in all parts of the same size, 

 or whose diameter increases or 

 diminishes regularly. 



CdNTdRT'ED, in aestivation, 

 when the margins of the floral 

 leaves successively overlap 

 each other (obliquely or other- 

 wise) in one direction; twisted. 

 Compare Convolute. 



CdNTdRT'ED JESTIVA'TION, see 

 above. 



CdNTdR'TION, an abnormal 

 twisting of branches or other 

 organs. 



CdNTdRTU'PLicATE, twisted 

 and folded. 



CONTRACTED, narrowed, or the 

 successive parts shortened. 

 Compare Constricted. 



C&NTRACT'IlE VACUOLES, 



small cavities containing ^i 

 watery fluid which make 

 their appearance in the pro- 

 toplasm of many zoospores and 

 other motile organisms and 

 then suddenly disappear; pul- 

 sating vacuoles. Their func- 

 tion is not known. 



CdNTRACTIL'ITY, a property of 

 protoplasm by which it is en- 

 abled to change its form spon- 

 taneously, or by virtue of 

 forces within itself. Com- 

 pare IlUUTABILITY. 



CdN'TRARY, extending in an 

 opposite direction to some- 

 thing with which it is com- 

 pared; as, the pod of shep- 

 herd's purse is flattened con- 

 trary to the partition. 



CO'NUS, see Cone. 



CON'VOLUTE, rolled together 

 lengthwise from one edge, as 

 the leaves of the plum in the 

 bud. The term Contorted 

 (used mainly in aestivation) 

 refers more especially to the 

 relation of the organs to each 

 other and to the axis, while 

 Convoluted (used mainly in 

 vernation) refers more to the 

 manner of folding of the organ 

 itself. A contorted corolla may 

 or may not have its parts con- 

 voluted. 



CdN VOLUTE^, see jConvolute. 



COp'ROPHYTE, see Saprophyte. 



CdR'AcoiD, shaped like a crow's 

 beak. 



CdR'ALLINE, resembling coral; 

 coralliform; coral loid. 



CdR'CLE, see Corculum. 



COR'CULUM, an old term for 



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