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CORN-BIND, see BIND-WEED and BEAR-BIND. 



CORN-BOTTLE, see BLUE BOTTLE. 



CORN-COCKLE, see COCKLE. 



CORN-FLOWER, from its being one of the gayest and most 

 conspicuous wild flowers of corn-fields, Du. korenbloem, 

 Latin in Ort. San. Flores frumentorum, 



Centaurea Cyanus, L. 



CoRN-HoNEWORT, from its use in curing the hone, or 

 boil on the cheek, Petroselinum segetum, L. 



CORN-MARIGOLD, see MARIGOLD, 



Chrysanthemum segetum, L. 



CORN-PINK, in Northamptonshire (Baker), the corn- 

 cockle, Agrostemma Githago, L. 

 in some counties, Campanula hybrida, L. 



CORN-POPPY, or -KoSE, Papaver Rhceas, L. 



CORN-SALAD, Valerianella olitoria, L. 



CORN-VIOLET, Campanula hybrida, L. 



CORNEL, It. corniolo. L. corneolus, dim. of corneus, adj. 

 of L. cornus, Gr. icpaveia, Cornus sanguinea, L. 



CORNISH-MONEYWORT, from its round leaves, and its 

 having been first discovered in Cornwall, and long sup- 

 posed to be peculiar to that county, and called there Penny- 

 pies, Sibthorpia europsea, L. 



CORONATION, the older and more correct spelling of car- 

 nation, from its M.Lat. name Vettonica coronaria, as in 

 Dodoens, ii. i, 18, Tabern. vol. ii. c. 1, and Lyte, b. ii. 

 ch. vii, who, in speaking of Clove Gillofers, says, " The 

 greatest and bravest sort of them are called coronations or 

 carnations" See CARNATION. Dianthus Caryophyllus, L. 



COSTMARY, L. costus amarus, its name in Bauhin'a Th. 

 Bot. p. 674, Fr. coste amere, misunderstood as Costus 

 Marice, from Gr. /eooro?, some aromatic plant unknown, 

 an error that has very naturally arisen from this one 

 having been dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, and called 

 after her, Maudlin, either in allusion to her box of scented 



