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and occurring among children 

 from two to thirteen years of 

 age. 



Candollea, n., kdn-dtt'-te-d (after 

 Decandolle of Geneva, an eminent 

 botanist), a beautiful genus of 

 plants, Ord. Dilleniacea?. 



CanellaceaB, n. plu., kan'-el-d'-se'-e 

 (L. canna, a reed, a cane), the 

 Canella family, an Order of plants 

 of the West Indies, very aromatic : 

 Canella, n., kdn^tta, a genus of 

 plants, so called from their bark 

 being rolled like cinnamon, valu- 

 able and ornamental trees: Canella 

 alba, dlb f 'd (L. albus, white), a 

 tall tree yielding the canella bark, 

 or white cinnamon, and likewise 

 several kinds of oil. 



canescent, a., kdn-es'%nt (L. 

 cdnescens, growing white or 

 hoary), in bot., hoary; somewhat 

 approaching to white. 



canine, a., kdn>in' (L. canis, a 

 dog), designating the eye-teeth ; in 

 mammals, the four teeth which 

 immediately adjoin the incisors, 

 two in each jaw ; resembling a 

 dog in qualities or structure : 

 canine madness, rabies. 



CannabinaceaB, n. plu., kdn'nd- 

 bin^d'se^e (Gr. kannabis, L. 

 cannabis, hemp), the Hemp and 

 Hop family, an Order of herbaceous 

 plants: Cannabis, n^kan'-ndb-is, 

 a genus of plants : Cannabis 

 sativa, sat-w'a (L. sativus, fit to 

 be sown or planted), an herbaceous 

 plant yielding the valuable fibre 

 called hemp : C. Indica, m'dik-d 

 (L. Indicus, Indian), a hemp 

 plant used in India to produce 

 intoxication Bhang is made from 

 the larger leaves and fruit dried ; 

 Gunjah or Ganja consists of the 

 whole plant dried after flower- 

 ing ; Haschisch or Qinnab, among 

 the Arabs, is made from the 

 tops and tender plants dried : 

 cannabina, n., kdn f -nd'bin f 'd, 

 medicine made from Cannabis 

 Indica. 



Cannaceaa, n. plu., Tcdn-nd'se-e \ 



fc CAO 



(L. canna, a reed or cane), the 

 Arrowroot family, an Order of 

 plants, also called Marantacese : 

 Canna, n., kdn'nd, a genus of 

 plants containing much starch in 

 rhizomes and roots, and producing 

 abundance of bright flowers at all 

 seasons, the seeds of cannas being 

 round and black, and known as 

 ' Indian shot ' : Canna coccinea, 

 kok-sin'8-a (L. coccirieus, of a 



.scarlet colour from coccum, 

 scarlet); C. achiras, dk-ir'ds 

 (Gr. a, without ; cheir, the 

 hand; from W. L); C. edulis, 

 %d-ul f 'is (L. edulis, eatable), 

 three species of canna from 

 which the arrowroot called ' tous 

 le mois,' td le mwd, or St. Kitts' 

 arrowroot, is obtained : C. iridi- 

 flora, ir'-id-i-flor'-d (L. iris, the 

 iris or sword lily, iridis, of the 

 'iris.; Flora, the goddess of 

 flowers), the most splendid 

 flowering plant of the cannas. 



cantharis, n., kdnth'-dr-is, canth- 

 arides, n. iplu.,kdnth'ar'$d-ez(GT. 

 kanthdris, L. cantharis, a species 

 of beetle ; Gr. kantharidos, L. 

 cantharidis, of a beetle), the 

 Spanish fly, so called, collected 

 chiefly in Hungary, and is used 

 in making blistering plasters, etc. ; 

 a weak tincture is occasionally 

 employed as a stimulating wash 

 for promoting the growth of the 

 hair. 



canthus, n., also kanthos, kanth'* 

 tis, -8s (Gr. kanthos, the corner 

 of the eye), the angle or corner of 

 the eye, respectively named the 

 outer and inner angles : canthi, 

 n. plu., kdnth'-l, the corners of 

 the eye. 



canula, n., kdn'-ul-d (L. canula t 

 a little reed from canna, a reed), 

 a metallic or elastic tube used for 

 surgical purposes, as for removing 

 a fluid from a tumour. 



caoutchouc, n., kdo'-tshdok (a 

 native Indian word), india-rubber, 

 the dried juice of various tropical 

 plants, such as Urceola elastica.. 



