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convex aggregate of watery par- 

 ticles, increasing upwards from a 

 horizontal base, and assuming 

 more or less of a conical figure. 



CUNI'CULUS. Lat. A rabbit. 



Cu'jfiATE. ") fr.lat.cimetts,a wedge. 



CU'ITIEFORM. 5 Wedge-shaped. 



Cup. Same as corona. 



CCJ'PIDO. Lat. Desire, appetite, 

 gluttony. 



CUP'ROUS. Belonging to copper. 



CU'PULA. A form of inflorescence, 

 consisting of bracts not much de- 

 veloped till after flowering, when 

 they cohere by their bases, and 

 form a kind of cup. 



CU'PULE. A little cup. 



CUPULI'FER.K. fr. lat. cupulum, a 

 little cup ; fero, I bear. The oak 

 tribe of plants. 



CU'PULATE. ^Shaped like a re- 



CUPU'LIFOHM. 5 versed bell. . 



CURRU'CA Lat. Atom-tit; a hedge- 

 sparrow. 



CURSO'RES. fr. lat. cursus, a course. 

 Coursers; an order of birds. 



CUR'VATE. Bowed, bent. 



CURVIRO'STRA. fr. lat. curvus, bent, 

 bowed ; rostrum, beak. Having 

 the beak bent or bowed. 



CU'SPIDATE. fr. iat. cuspis, a point. 

 A form of leaf terminating in a 

 point. 



CUTA'NEOUS. fr. lat. cutis, skin. Be- 

 longing or relating to the skin. 



CU'TICLE. fr. lat. cutis, skin. The 

 scarf-skin. The external cover- 

 ing of plants. 



CU'TIS. Lat. The skin : the true 

 skin. 



CUT-TOOTHED. Cut and toothed at 

 the same time. 



CUTIE'RI. Lat. Of Cuvier. 



CYA'THIFORM. fr. lat. cyathus, a 

 drinking cup ; forma, shape. A 

 form of corolla. 



CY'ATHOCRI'NITES. fr. gr. kuathos, 

 a cup; krinon, lily. A genus of 

 crinoide'cE. (p. 38, Book viii). 



CY'ATHOPHYL'LA. Lat. plur. cyatho- 

 phyllum. 



CY'ATHOPHYL'LUM. fr. gr. kuathos, a 



cup ; phullon, a flower. A genus 

 of polypa'ria. (p. 31, Book viii). 



CYCA'DE^E. From cycas, one of tlift 

 genera. An order of plants. 



CY'CAS. A name employed by tho 

 ancients to designate a little palm. 

 (Fig. 306, p. 196, Book viii). 



CY'CLADES. Lat. plur. of cyclas. 



CY'CLAS. fr. gr. kuklos, a circle. A 

 genus of fresh water gasteropods, 

 so named from the circular form 

 of the shell. 



CY'CLOBRANCHI'ATA. fr. gr. kuklos, 

 a wheel ; bragchla, gills. Name 

 of an order of mollusks. 



CYCLO-GANGLIATA. fr. gr. kuklos, a 

 circle ; gagglion, a nerve-knot. 

 The Mollusca of Cuvier, and He- 

 terogttngliata of Owen. 



CYCLOI'DEANS. fr. gr. kuklos, a circle. 

 An order of fishes, (p. 49, Book 

 viii). 



CYCLO-NEURA. fr. gr. kuklos, a cir- 

 cle; neuron, a nerve. The name 

 given by Dr. Grant to the Radiata. 



CYCLO'SIS. fr. gr. kuklos, a circle. 

 A circular movement of the glo- 

 bular particles of the sap in cer- 

 tain plants. 



CYCLO'STOMA. fr. gr. kuklos, a circle ; 

 sloma, mouth. A genus of gas- 

 teropods. (p. 48, Book v). 



CYCLO'STOM^E. Plur. of cyclostoma. 



CYCLO'STOMI. Lat. plur. of Cyclo- 

 stomus ; fr. gr. kuklos, circle ; sto- 

 ma, mouth. Systematic name of 

 an order of fishes. 



CYG'NUS. Lat. A swan. 



CYiaifDRA'cEous. ") Having the form 



CYLINDRICAL. 3 of a cylinder. 



CYLINDRICO-CAMPA'NULATE. Cylin- 

 drically bell-sharped. 



CYM'BIFORM. Carinate ; navicular, 

 or boat-shaped. 



CY'MBIUM. fr. gr. kumba, a boat. 

 Specific name of a shell. 



CTMBU'LIA. fr. gr. kumbalon, hol- 

 low. A genus of pteropoda, com- 

 monly called the gondola. 



CYME. A form of inflorescence re- 

 sembling an umbel and a corymb 

 the flower-stalks arise from a 



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