cultriform 



Cutin 



the shape of a knife-blade ; cult'ri- 

 form, cultriform' is (culter, a knife ; 

 forma, shape), in shape like a 

 knife, or coulter. 



Cult'ures, in botany, applied to experi- 

 mental growth conducted in the 

 laboratory. 



cu'neal (Crozier), cunea'rius t (Lind- 

 ley), cu'neate, cunea'tus, cu'neiform, 

 cuneiform' is (cuneus, a wedge), 

 wedge-shaped, triangular. 



cunic'ulate, cunicula'tus (cuniculus, a 

 rabbit), pierced with a long deep 

 passage open at one end, as the 

 peduncle of Tropaeolum. 



Cunix $ (deriv. ?) " The separable 

 place which intervenes between 

 the wood and bark of exogens" 

 (Lindley) ; cf. Supplement. 



Cup, (1) an involucre, as of the acorn ; 

 (2) the receptacle, or "shield" in 

 some Lichens ; (3) used for DISCO- 

 CARP; <" shaped, formed like a goblet, 



See CRATEBIFOBM. 



cu'pola- shaped, nearly hemispherical, 

 like an acorn-cup. 



cu'preus (cuprum, copper), copper- 

 coloured, with its metallic lustre. 



Cu'pule, Cu'pula (Lat., a little cup), 

 the cup of such fruits as the acorn, 

 an involucre composed of bracts 

 adherent by their base, and free 

 or not, upwards ; cu'pula - shaped 

 (Lindley) see CUPOLA - SHAPED ; 

 cupula'ris, cu'pulate, cupula'ius, 

 furnished with, or subtended by 

 a cupule ; Cupu'lifer (Lat.), cupu- 

 liferous (fero, I bear), producing 

 cupules ; cu'puliform, cupuliform'is 

 (forma, shape), cupola-shaped. 



Cu'rarine, an alkaloid from " Curare," 

 obtained from several species of 

 Strychnos. 



Cur'cumine, the colouring matter of 

 the roots of Turmeric, Curcuma 

 longa, Linn. 



Curl, a disease, shown by deformed and 

 curled leaves, ascribed in some cases 

 to Exoascus deformans, Fuckel ; 

 curled, when a leafy organ is folded 

 or crumpled, as Endive. 



Cur'tain - CORTINA. 



CuiVature, continued flexure or bend- 



ing from a right line ; ~ of Con- 

 cussion, that produced as the result 

 of a sudden blow ; Darwinian ~ , 

 effects produced on growing organs, 

 as root-tips in consequence of ir- 

 ritation : Sachs's ~> , the difference 

 in growth of the two sides of the 

 root (Wettstein) ; curva'tus (Lat.), 

 bent as a bow, or arc of a circle ; 

 Curve, the same as curvature ;<- 

 ribbed, ~ veined = CURAINERVED ; 

 curved, bent, not rectilinear ; 

 curvicau'date (cauda, a tail), hav- 

 ing a curved tail ; purvicost'ate 

 (costa, a rib), with curved ribs or 

 veins ; curviden'tate (dens, a tooth), 

 with curved teeth, cur'viform, 

 (forma, shape) = CURVED ; cur'vin- 

 erved, curviner'vius, curvive'nius 

 (Lat.), having curved nerves, 

 especially applied to monocotyle- 

 dons ; curvip'etal (peto, I seek), 

 Vb'ehting's term for the causes 

 which tend to curve an organ, 

 curvise'rial (series, a row), in curved 

 or oblique ranks. 



Cushion, (1) the enlargement at or 

 beneath the insertion of many 

 leaves, the pulvinus ; (2) portion 

 of a Fern-prothallus on which 

 archegonia are borne, often per- 

 ceptibly thicker than the margins ; 

 cushion'ed, tufted, as in some 

 Mosses ; ~ Fun'gi, Fungi growing in 

 tufts. 



Cusp, Cusp'is (Lat. a point), a sharp, 

 rigid point ; cuspidate, cuspida'tus, 

 tipped with a cusp. 



cut, the same as incised, or in a 

 general way as cleft. 



Cu'ticle,<7t4^'cwa(Lat. the outer skin), 

 the outermost skin or pellicle, con- 

 taining the epidermis ; Cuti'cula 

 den'sa, <~ hymeniform'is, ~primordi- 

 a'lis, ~ pro'pria, ~ regula'ris, ~ 

 subnul'la, modifications proposed 

 by Fayod, in Ann. So. Nat., Se"r. 

 VII. ix. (1889) 243-244 ; Cutocell'u- 

 loses (+ Cellulose) modified cellu- 

 lose, the cuticularized layers of cell- 

 wall, impregnated with cutin ; 

 Cuticulariza'tion = CUTINIZATION. 



Cu'tin (cutis, the skin), the substance, 



