CAR 



Asia Minor; It., F., Scot. Oarvi; 

 Span, alcaravea, caraway seed), 

 a genus of plants, Ord. Umbellif- 

 erae, sometimes called Apiacese: 

 Carum carui, kar'-u-i (the Latin- 

 ised form of Gr. karuon, a nut, 

 signifying ' of a nut'), the species 

 which produces the seeds or fruit 

 known as ' caraway seeds, ' which 

 furnish a volatile oil, and are 

 carminative and aromatic. 



caruncula, n., kdr-ungk'-ul'd, also 

 caruncle, n., Icdr'-ungk-l (L. 

 caruncula, a little piece of flesh 

 from caro, flesh), a small fleshy 

 excrescence, diseased or natural, 

 as the comb of a cock ; in bot., a 

 fleshy or thickened appendage of 

 the seed: carunculate, a., kdr- 

 ungk'ul-dt, having a fleshy ex- 

 crescence or protuberance: car- 

 uncula lachrymalis, Idk'-rim-dl'-is 

 (L. lachrymalis, belonging to 

 the tears from lachryma, a tear), 

 the lachrymal fleshy excrescence; 

 a spongy-looking reddish eleva- 

 tion, formed by a group of gland- 

 ular follicles, situated in the in- 

 ternal cavity of each eye : carunc- 

 ulaB myrtiformes, kdr-tingk'ul-e 

 mert'-i-ftirm'-ez, plu. (L. myrtus, 

 a myrtle ; forma, shape the 

 myrtle being sacred to Yenus), 

 the myrtle-shaped fleshy excres- 

 cences ; small rounded elevations 

 near the vaginal orifice. 



Carya, n., kdr'i-d (Gr. karuon, a 

 nut ; karua, a walnut), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Inglandacese, 

 yielding edible oily nuts : Carya 

 alba, alb'-a (L. albus, white), a 

 species which yields the American 

 hickory nut. 



Caryocar, n., kdr-i'dk-dr (Gr. kar- 

 uon, a nut), a genus of fruit- 

 bearing trees so called because 

 the fruit of the species contains 

 edible nuts, Ord. Ternstrcemi- 

 acese : Caryocar butyrosum (L. 

 butyrosum, pert, to butter from 

 butyrum, butter), a tree which 

 yields the Sonari or butter-nuts. 



Caryophyllaceae, n. plu., kdr'i-d' 



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fil-a's&'e (Gr. karuon, a nut; 

 phullon, a leaf), the Chickweed 

 and Clovewort family, an Order 

 of plants, including the clove- 

 pink or carnation and its numer- 

 ous varieties : Car'yophylla'- 

 ceous, a., -af-shus, belonging to 

 the clove tribe ; having a corolla 

 in which there are five petals 

 with long, narrow, tapering claws, 

 as in many pinks. 



Caryophyllus, n., kar^-d-fil'-us 

 (Gr. Jcaruon, a nut; phullon, a 

 leaf), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Myrtacesfc so called from the 

 flower-bud being round like a 

 nut: Caryophyllus aromaticus, 

 dr'-om'dt'-ik'us (L. aromdticus, 

 aromatic, fragrant), a tree origin- 

 ally of the Moluccas, whose dried 

 flower-buds in the form of nails 

 constitute the cloves of commerce. 



caryopsis, n., kdr'-i-ops'is (Gr. 

 Tcaruon, a nut ; opsis, sight, ap- 

 pearance), a dry, one-seeded, in- 

 dehiscent fruit, having the endo- 

 carp adhering to the spermoderm ; 

 a seed having the pericarp so in- 

 corporated with itself as to be in- 

 separable from it, as in grains of 

 wheat, maize, and other grasses. 



Caryota, n., Icar'-l-dtid (Gr. karu- 

 otoi, dates of the palm), a genus 

 of palm-trees, Ord. Palmse : 

 Caryota urens, ur'-enz (L. urens, 

 parched, dried up), a species of 

 palm from which sago, as well as 

 sugar and a kind of wine, are pro- 

 cured. 



cascarilla, n. ,MsKar-$-a(Sp. casc- 

 arilla, thin bark from cascara, 

 bark), the bark of several species 

 of Croton, as 'Croton eleuteria,' 

 'C. cascarilla, 'and ' C. eleutheria, ' 

 used in med. as a tonic and 

 stimulant. 



Casearia, n., kds^-dr^-d (after 

 Casearius, a botanist), a genus of 

 plants, Ord. Samydacese, some of 

 which are bitter and astringent. 



casein, n., Tcds'>&m (F. caseine, 

 casein from L. cdsZus, cheese), 

 the cheesy portion obtained from 



