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the curd of milk; a substance 

 procured from milk, animal flesh, 

 or vegetables. 



cashew, n., kash<u (F. acajou 

 from the native name), the nut 

 of the Anacardium occidentale, 

 remarkable for the large succulent 

 peduncle which supports the 

 fruit or nut. 



Cassia, n., Msh'i-a (Gr. kassia, 

 L. cassia, a tree with an aromatic 

 bark), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Leguminosse, Sub-ord. Csesal- 

 piniese, whose species furnish 

 purgative remedies: Cassia lan- 

 ceolata, lan'-se-ol-dt'd (L. lanseol- 

 dtus, lance-shaped from lancea, 

 a lance or spear); C. acutifolia, 

 ak-ut'-i-fol'i-a (L. acutus, sharp- 

 pointed ; folium, a leaf); C. elong- 

 ata, e-Wng-dif'd (L. elongdtus, 

 lengthened out from e, out ; 

 longus, long) ; C. obtusata, #& 

 ttiZ'dt'd (L. obtusdtus, blunted); 

 C. obovata, Sb'-d-vat'-ft (L. obo- 

 vdtus, egg-shaped, but inversely 

 from ob, opposite, and ovum, 

 an egg), supply the various kinds 

 of senna, while other species have 

 purgative leaves : cassia-bark, 

 believed to be obtained chiefly 

 from the Cinnamomum cassia, 

 Ord. Lauracese; yields also an oil, 

 and both oil and bark are used as 

 aromatic stimulants ; the flower- 

 buds are used in confectionery. 



cassideous, a., Ms-sid'-e-us (L. 

 cassis, a helmet, cassidis, of a 

 helmet), helmet-shaped ; having 

 a large helmet-shaped petal, as 

 the aconite. 



cassowary, n., Tcas'-so-war'-i (Hind. 

 kassuwaris, a large bird), a tree 

 yielding excellent timber ; see 

 * Casuarinacese. ' 



Cassythese, n. plu., kdS'Sith'e-e 

 (unascertained), Dodder Laurels, 

 a tribe of plants, Ord. Lauraceae : 

 Cassytha, n., Ms-sith'-d, a genus 

 of plants which are generally 

 aromatic and fragrant. 



castoreum, n., Tcdst-or'-e-Um (L. 

 castoreum, a secretion of the 



beaver from castor, a castor or 

 beaver), a peculiar concrete sub- 

 stance obtained from the iollicles 

 of the prepuce of the castor or 

 beaver. 



Casuarinacese, n. plu., Ms'-u-dr> 

 lU'd'-se-e (kassuwaris, native name 

 in allusion to the resemblance 

 of the leaves to the feathers of 

 the cassowary), the Beef-wood 

 family, an Order of Australian 

 trees or shrubs with filiform 

 branches and toothed sheaths in 

 place of leaves : casuarina, n., 

 Tcds'-U'dT'in'-d, the Cassowary tree, 

 yielding excellent timber, having 

 somewhat the colour of raw beef, 

 whence the name Beef-wood. 



cataclysm, n., katf-a-klfam (Gr. 

 kataklusmos, inundation from 

 kata, down, and kluzein, to 

 wash), a deluge. 



catacorolla, n., ka^d-kor-o^a (Gr. 

 kata, down, upon), in bot., another 

 corolla, formed inside or outside 

 the first one. 



catalepsy, n., Tcdt'-d-Ups-i (Gr. 

 katalepsis, a seizing or grasping 

 from kata, down ; lepsis, a seiz- 

 ing), a peculiar disease in which 

 motion and sensation seem to be 

 suspended ; a trance : cataleptic, 

 a., Mt'-d-lept'-ik, pert, to cata- 

 lepsy. 



catalysis, n., &&(&&& (Gr. katal- 

 usis, disbandment, destruction 

 from kata, down ; lusis, a loosen- 

 ing), in chem., the influence 

 which induces changes in the 

 composition of substances by 

 their mere contact with another 

 body or power. 



catamenia, n., kat-d-men^i-d (Gr. 

 katamenios, monthly from kata, 

 down ; men, a month), the monthly 

 discharges of females. 



cataphyllary, a., #&/tf4fir-f (Gr. 

 kata, down ; phullon, a leaf), 

 applied to the leaves of a plant 

 when they are mere scales; having 

 the leaves enclosed in buds by 

 perules, or on a root-stock by 

 scales. 



