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an Order of succulent herbs, 

 natives of tropical America ; the 

 Cactus or Indian Fig family, 

 many species yielding edible 

 fruits, as the prickly pear : Cactus, 

 n., kakt'-us, a genus of plants; the 

 melon thistle. 



cadaveric rigidity, kad>av'$r-lk 

 rtdj-id'-tt-i (L. cadaver, a dead 

 body), a term designating the 

 stiffness or rigidity of the body 

 which ensues shortly after death : 

 cadaveric hyperaemia, hi'per- 

 em'4-ob (Gr. huper, over, above ; 

 haima, blood), usually termed 

 'post-mortem hypostasis/ the 

 livid discoloration on the body 

 after death, caused by the gravi- 

 tation of the blood. 



caducibranchiate, a., Md-us'-t- 

 brangk'4-dt (L. caducus, falling ; 

 brangchia, gills of a fish), having 

 branchiae or gills which fall off 

 before maturity is reached. 



caducous, a., kad-uk'-us (L. 

 caducus, falling), in bot., falling 

 off very early, as the calyx of the ' 

 poppy ; applied to parts of an 

 animal which fall off and are 

 shed during its life. 



csecal, a., sek'-al (L. ccecus, blind), 

 pert, to the csecum ; having a 

 blind or closed end : csecum, n., 

 sett-tim, a tube which terminates 

 in a blind or closed end ; a little 

 sac formed in the course of the 

 intestines ; the part of the large 

 intestine situated below the 

 entrance of the ileum also called 

 intestinuin esecum, m'tes-tin'um 

 (L. intestmum, the bowel or gut). 



CaesalpinieaB, n. plu. , serf al-pm-l'^e 

 (after Caxalpinus, physician of 

 Pope Clement vni.), a Sub-order 

 of plants, Ord. Leguminosse, 

 among which there are many 

 plants which furnish purgative 

 remedies : CaBsalpinia, n. , ses'- 

 al'pin'-i'ti, a genus of plants : 

 Csesalpinia coriaria, k6r-i-dr f 'i-d 

 (L. ctiridrius, pert, to leather 

 from corium, leather), a species 

 whose curved pods, under the 



name of Divi-divi, are used for 

 tanning : 0. brasiliensis, brdz* 

 il'4'$ns'is (L. formative from 

 Portug. braza, glowing embers ; 

 Old-Eng. brasil, of a bright red 

 in allusion to its colour), a tree 

 which yields .the Brazil wood of 

 commerce : C. echinata, $ktm> 

 dt'a (L. echlndtus, prickly), 

 famishes Pernambuco wood : 

 C. sappan, sap -pan' ', furnishes 

 the sappan-wood of Scinde. 



Caesarian section or operation, 

 ses-dr'-t-an (L. Ccesdrmnus, of or 

 belonging to 'Caesar said to be so 

 named after Julius Gcesar, who 

 was brought into the world in 

 this manner.; probably only an 

 adaptation tof L. ccesus, cut), the 

 operation of cutting into the 

 womb in order to extract the 

 foetus. 



caesious, a., sezh'i-us (L. ccesius, 

 bluish-gray, cat-eyed), bluish- 

 gray ; having a fine pale blue 

 bloom. 



caespitellose, a., ses'-pU-eV-loz (L. 

 ccuspes, turf, sod), a diminutive 

 of csespitose : caaspitose, &. ,ses f -pit- 

 oz, growing in little tufts ; tufted, 



Calamus, n., kdl'am-us (Gr. 

 kalamos, L. calamus, a reed, a 

 reed-pen), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Palm 8e, holding the middle place 

 between the grasses and palms : 

 Calamus draco, drd-6 (L. 

 draco, Gr. drakon, a species 

 of serpent, a dragon), one of 

 the rattan palms in Sumatra 

 and Borneo, whose resin is one of 

 the substances called * dragon's 

 blood' : C. scipionum, sip-i-on'- 

 um (L. scipio, a staff carried by 

 persons of distinction), a plant 

 whose thinner stems go under 

 the name of * rattans'; also C. 

 rotang : C. rudentum, rd-denf- 

 um (L. rudens, a rope, rudentis, 

 of a rope, rudentum, of ropes), 

 the common or cable cane, a 

 native of the East Indies, etc., 

 growing sometimes to the length 

 of 500 feet. 



