70 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Coral-Root. Eng. name for above group. Also Eng. 

 name for Bulbiferous Bittercress. 



Corchorus (kor-ko-rus). Was the old hot. name for the 

 group in which the Jews' Mallow, a double yellow- 

 flowered Japanese shrub, very common in cottage 

 gardens, was placed. 



Cordata (kor-da-ta). L. " Cor " (the heart) ; from the 

 leaves being heart-shaped. A second bot. name. 



Cord-Grass. Eng. name for the only Grass in Spartina 

 group. 



Cordifolia (kord-i-fol-i-a). L. " Cor " (heart); " folia " 

 (a leaf) ; from the leaf being heart-shaped. A 

 second bot. name. 



Coriander (kor-i-and-er). Eng. rendering of " Corian- 

 drum." See below. 



Coriandrum (kor-i-and-rum). G. " Koris " (a bug); 

 from the smell of the leaf when crushed. Bot. 

 name of a group. 



Corifolia (kor-i-fol-ia). L. " Korion " (leather); 

 "folia" (a leaf); i.e., leathery-leaved. A second 

 bot. name. 



Corm (korm). G. " Kormos " (a stem); is a botani- 

 cal term for a bulb-like underground stem, not 

 having coats, like the Onion, but solid, as in the 

 Crocus, Gladiolus, &c. 



Corn. Gaelic. " Caoran " (berries or seeds); a some- 

 what common Eng. suffix applied to several plants, 

 as Corn Cockle, &c. 



Cornaceae (kor-na-se-a). L. " Cornus " (name of the 

 tree) and " aceous " (like). Bot. name for Cornel 

 family. 



Cornel (kor-nel). An Eng. corruption of L. " Cornus." 

 (See Dogwood.) 



