Cutinization 



Cyme 



allied to Suberine, which repels 

 liquids from passing the cell-wall ; 

 Cutiniza'tion, the modification of 

 the cell-wall so as to become im- 

 pervious to liquids ; Cu/tis : (1) 

 the skin or epidermis ; (2) the 

 peridium of some Fungi ; Cu'tose, 

 the transparent film covering the 

 aerial organs of plants. 



cut - toothed, "deeply and sharply 

 toothed" (Crozier). 



Cut'tage, multiplication by cuttings 

 (L. H. Bailey). 



Cut'ting, (1) the severed portion of a 

 plant, used for propagation ; (2) the 

 outline of a leaf or frond when 

 incised. 



cyali'nus J (Mod. Lat.)=CYANOus. 



Cyam'ium (Kik/xos, a bean), "a kind 

 of follicle resembling a legume " 

 (Lindley). 



cyanae'us, , cyaneus (KVO.VOS, corn- 

 flower), a clear full blue, corn- 

 flower-coloured ; cyanell'us, almost 

 a sky blue ; cyanic, blue ;~Flow'ers, 

 those whose colouring tends to- 

 wards blue, in contrast to XANTHIC 

 Flowers ; cyanoch'rous (x/>ws, xpods, 

 the skin), having a blue skin ; 

 cyanoph'ilous (0t\<?w, I love), applied 

 to nuclei which readily take a deep 

 blue stain ; Cyanophy'cin (0u/coy, 

 sea- weed), the blue colouring matter 

 of Algae; Cy'anophyll (<f>v\\ov, a 

 leaf ) = KYANOPHYLL. 



cyath/iform, cyathiform'is (Kvados, a 

 wine-cup ; forma, shape), shaped 

 like a drinking- cup ; Cyatn'ium, the 

 inflorescence of JEuphorbium, con- 

 sisting of involucral bracts, with 

 glands between single stamens each 

 equivalent to a male flower, and a 

 trilocular ovary ; c/athoid (eTSos, 

 resemblance), cup-like; Cyath/olite 

 (Xttfos, stone) = COCCOLITH ; Cy'athus, 

 the cup-like body which contains 

 propagula in Marchantia, etc. 



Cyb'ele (pr., Sib'-e-le), H. C. Watson's 

 name for an estimation of the dis- 

 tribution of plants in a given area, 

 an analogue to Flora ; the name is 

 mythological. 



Cy'clamine, a principle found in the 



root of Cyclamen europaeum, 

 Linn. 



Cy'cle (KVK\OS, a circle); (1) used for 

 one turn of a helix or spire, in leaf 

 arrangement ; (2) for a whorl in 

 floral envelopes ; cy'clic, cy'clicus, 

 applied to foliar structures ar- 

 ranged in whorls, coiled into a 

 cycle or relating to a cycle ; cyclical, 

 rolled up circularly, as many em- 

 bryos ; C/clogens (ycwdta, to bring 

 forth), exogenous plants, from their 

 exhibiting concentric circles in the 

 section of their stems ; cyclog'enous, 

 having concentric circles in the 

 stem, exogenous ; Cy'clome, a ring- 

 shaped cushion of anthers (M'Nab) ; 

 Cyclo'sis, the rotation of proto- 

 plasm within the cell, in one or 

 more currents ; cyclosperm'ous 

 ((nrtp/ui.a, a seed), with the embryo 

 coiled round the central albumen. 



cyg'neous, cyg'neus (Lat., pertaining 

 to a swan), the seta of Mosses when 

 curved so as to suggest a swan's 

 neck. 



cylindra'ceous, -eus (Kv\ii>dpos, a 

 cylinder, + aceous), somewhat 

 cylindric ; Cylindranth'erae (&vOo<>, 

 a flower) syngenesious, from the 

 stamens forming a tube ; Cylind- 

 rench'yma (tyxvpa, an infusion), 

 tissue made up of cylindric cells ; 

 cylind'ric, cylind'rical, elongated, 

 with a circular cross - section ; 

 Cylindrobasioste'mon (/3d<m, a 

 pedestal ; o-n^twi/, a stamen) 

 monadelphous. 



Cyma'tium (KV^TLOV, a little wave) = 

 APOTHECIUM. 



cymb'aeform, more correctly cymb'i- 

 form, cymbiform'is (cymba, a boat ; 

 forma, shape), boat-shaped, used 

 for Diatoms, or the keel of Legu- 

 minosae. 



CymbelTae (cymbula, a little boat), 

 reproductive locomotive bodies of 

 an elliptic form, found in some 

 Algae. 



Cyme, Cy'ma (/cu/xa, a wave, Lat., the 

 sprout of a cabbage), a flower- 

 cluster of determinate or centri- 

 fugal type, especially a broad and. 



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