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and Vahea gummifera, Ord. 

 Apocynaceae ; also many o f the 

 Artocarpus tribe, Ord. Moracese, 

 furnish caoutchouc. 



capillaire, n., kap-tl-ldr' (F. 

 capillaire, capillary, maidenhair), 

 a syrup, prepared from Adiantum 

 pedatum, or Canadian maiden- 

 hair. 



capillary, a., Mp'tt-lar-i (L. 

 capillus, hair), in bot., filiform 

 or thread-like ; hair-like. 



capillitium, n., Mp'-il'lisli'i-tim 

 (L. capillitium, the hair collect- 

 ively), the threads or hairs of 

 puff-balls ; in prescriptions, the 

 hair of the head as, abraditor 

 capillitium, 'let the head be 

 shaven.' 



capitate, &.,Mp'-tt-at (L. capitatus, 

 having a head from caput, the 

 head), in bot., having a rounded 

 or pin-like head, as on some 

 hairs ; having a globose head : 

 capitellum, n., Jcdp'tt-el'-um (L. 

 capitellum, a dim. of caput), in 

 anat., a rounded process or knob 

 supported on a narrower, called 

 its neck ; in bot. , the seed-vessel 

 or head of mosses. 



capitulum, n., kdp-it'ul-um (L. 

 capitulum, a little head from 

 caput, the head), in bot., a 

 flattened, convex, or slightly 

 concave receptacle covered with 

 flowers, having very short pedicles 

 or none, as in the dandelion, 

 daisy, and other composite 

 flowers ; in some lichens, a stalk 

 bearing a round head or knob ; 

 in same sense, Anthodium and 

 Calathiuin ; in anat., a process 

 of bone, same as capitellum ; a 

 protuberance or round head of 

 bone, fitted into the concavity ot 

 another ; in zool., the body of a 

 barnacle, from its being supported 

 on a stalk : capitula, n. plu., 

 kdp-U'ul-a, small heads or knobs: 

 capituliform, a., Mp'-U-ul'i-fdrm 

 (L. forma, shape), having the 

 appearance of a small head or 

 bud. 

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Capparidaceae, n. plu., Mp'-dr-id- 

 a'se-e (Gr. Tcappdris, L. cappdris, 

 the caper tree, the caper ; Ar. 

 algabr, the caper), the Caper 

 family, an Order of herbaceous 

 plants which have stimulant 

 qualities, also called 'capparids': 

 Capparis, n., Tcdp'-dr-is, a genus 

 of plants, found chiefly in warm 

 countries : Capparese, n. plu., 

 kdp-par'-e-e, a Sub-order, having 

 baccate fruit ; Capparis spinosa, 

 spin-oz'-d (L. spmosus, thorny, 

 prickly from spina, a spine), a 

 species, the flower-buds of which 

 furnish capers. 



capreolate, a., kdp'-r&d'l-dt (L. 

 cdpreolus, the small tendrils of 

 vines from cdprcea, a tendril), 

 having tendrils, like vines. 



caprification, n., Mp'-ri-fik-a'- 

 sliUn (L. caprificare, to ripen figs 

 by the stinging of the gall-fly 

 from caper, a he- goat, and flcus, 

 a fig), a process of accelerating 

 the ripening of fruit by punctur- 

 ing or by insects, particularly of 

 the cultivated fig. 



CaprifoliacesB, n. plu., Icdp'ri-f8l> 

 i-a'sZ-e (L. cdprcea, a tendril ; 



folium, a leaf), the Honeysuckle 

 family, an Order of plants, many of 

 which, as the elder and honey- 

 suckle, have odoriferous flowers: 

 Caprifolium, n. ^ap'-ri-fol'-i'tim, a 

 genus of favourite climbing plants, 

 including the common honey- 

 suckle so called from the climb- 

 ing and twining habit of the 

 plant. 



Capsicum, n., Icaps'-ik-urn (L. 

 capsa, a chest or case for fruit, in 

 allusion to the fruit being con- 

 tained in the pods), a genus of 

 plants, Sub-ord. Solanese, and 

 Ord. Solanacese, the different 

 species of which furnish Cayenne 

 pepper and chillies, natives of hot 

 climates : Capsicum annuum, 

 an'nu-um (L. annutis, annual 

 from annus, a year), the plant 

 from which capsicum and Cayenne 

 or Guinea pepper are obtained : 



