cruciate 



cultrate 



end, as the young leaves of most 

 Ferns" (Crozier). 



cru'ciate, crucia'tus (Lat.), cross- 

 shaped, used especially of the 

 flowers of Cruciferae ; ~ Tetragon- 

 id'ia, those gonidia formed by two 

 divisions at right angles to each 

 other; Cru'cifer (Lat. , cross-bearing), 

 a plant with four petals and tetra- 

 dynamous stamens ; crucife'rous, 

 cross bearing, used of the corolla of 

 Crucifers, which have four petals ; 

 cru'cifonn, crucifornt f is(La.t.), cross- 

 shaped. 



cruenta'tus (Lat., stained with blood), 

 dyed or blotched with red. 



cruent'us (Lat., gory), dark purplish 

 red, the colour of gore. 



crum'pled = CORRUGATE ; ~ Aestiva'- 

 tion, when folded in bud irregu- 

 larly, as in the poppy. 



Cru'ra (pi. of eras, a leg) divisions of 

 the teeth of the peristome in 

 Mosses. 



cru'ral (crura'lis, pertaining to the 

 legs), " somewhat leg-shaped ; used 

 mainly in composition " (Crozier). 



Crust, Crust' a (Lat., rind or shell), 

 the hard and brittle part of certain 

 Lichens ; erusta'ceous, -eus, of brit- 

 tle texture, some Lichens are thus 

 termed ; crustuli'nus, toast-colour, 

 darker and warmer in tint than a 

 cracknel biscuit. 



Cryp'ta (Lat., a vault), sunken glands, 

 receptacles for secretions of plants 

 in dotted leaves. 



Cryptogam'ia (KPVTTTOS, hidden ; ydpos, 

 marriage), plants destitute of 

 stamens, pistils, and true seeds, 

 but often reproduced as the result of 

 a sexual act ; cryptogamlan, crypto- 

 gam'ic, cryptogam 'icus, cryptog'am- 

 ous, belong to the sub-kingdom 

 just denned ; Cryptog'amist, a 

 botanist devoted to the study of 

 flowerless plants ; Cryptog^amy, the 

 state of concealed fructification ; 

 Cryptone'mata ( VTJ/J.O., a thread ), small 

 cellular threads produced in Cryp- 

 tostomata ; Cryp'tophyte (<f>vrov, a 

 plant), Cryptophy'tum, a crypto- 

 gamous plant ; Cryptostom'ate 



a mouth), barren concep- 

 tacles in some Algae, containing 

 hairs, or paraphyses. 



Cryst'al (/rpiJoTaXXos, ice), a mineral 

 solid, usually of regular faces or 

 angles, found in the tissues of plants, 

 of very various composition ; Cry- 

 st'alloid (efSoj, resemblance), term 

 applied to protein crystals as being 

 less truly angular than normal 

 crystals, as well as swelling in 

 water ; also in contradistinction to 

 colloid. 



Ctein'ophytes (Kreivw, I kill ; <f>vrov, a 

 plant), Fungi whose influence on 

 their hosts is chemical only 

 (Wakker). 



Cu'bebine, the active principle of 

 Piper Cubeba, Linn. 



cu'biform (cubus, a die ; forma, shape), 

 dice-shaped, cubic ; Cu'bua (Lat.), 

 a solid figure of six square sides ; 

 cu'bic, cu'bicus, cu'bical, of a cubic 

 form. 



Cu'bit (cubitum, the elbow), a measure, 

 from the elbow to the finger-tips, 

 usually reckoned as equivalent to 

 18 inches, 60 cm.; cubita'lis (Lat.), 

 about half-a-yard in length. 



cuculla'ris, cu'cuUate, cucidla'tus (cuc- 

 idlus, a hood), hooded, or hood- 

 shaped ; cuculTiform (forma, shape), 

 hood-like in shape ; Cucull'us, a 

 hood. 



cu'cumiform (cucumis, a cucumber), 

 shaped like a cucumber (Crozier). 



cucurbita'ceous (cucurbita, a gourd, + 

 aceous), like a gourd ; of gourd-like 

 growth ; cucurbiti'nus, has the same 

 meaning. 



Cud'bear, the Scotch name for ORCHIL. 



Cul-de-sac (Fr.), "a tubular or bag- 

 shaped cavity, closed at one end " 

 (Crozier). 



Culm, Culm'us (a stalk, especially of 

 grain), the peculiar hollow stem 

 or " straw " of grasses ; culm'eus 

 (Lat.), straw -like; culmic'olous 

 (colo, I inhabit), growing on 

 the stalk of grasses ; culm'ifer, 

 culmif erous (fero, I bear), produc- 

 ing culms. 



cult'rate, cultra'tus (Lat., knife-like), 



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