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supporting a pollen mass in 

 orchids. 



caudex, n., Icawd'Zks (L. caudex, 

 the trunk or stem of a tree, 

 caudicis, of a trunk), the axis of 

 a plant ; the stem of a palm or of 

 a tree-fern : caudex ascendens, 

 aS'sVnd'enz (L. ascendens, ascend- 

 ing), the trunk or stem above 

 ground : c. descendens, de-send^- 

 &nz (L. descendens, descending), 

 the root, being the stem below 

 ground. 



caul, n., kdwl (AS. cawl, !\ cdle, 

 a kind of little cap), the membrane 

 which sometimes covers the head 

 and face or greater part of the 

 body of a child when born, and 

 consisting of the amniotic mem- 

 branes ; a netted membrane 

 covering the lower intestines; the 

 omentum. 



caulescent, a., kawl-es'ent (L. 

 caulis, a stalk or stem), growing 

 up into a stem ; having an evid- 

 ent stem. 



caulicle, n., Tcawl'ik'l, also 



cauliculus, n., Jcdwl-ik'ul-iis (L. 



cauliculus, a small stalk from 



caulis, a stalk), a stalk connecting 



the axis of the embryo and the 



cotyledons ; the part of the axis 



which intervenes between the 



collar and cotyledons. 



Caulinia fragilis, Ica/wl-m'-i-a 



fradj'-il-is (L. caulis, a stem ; 



fragilis, easily broken, brittle), 



one of the plants in which 



protoplasmic rotation has been 



observed, Ord. Naiadacese or 



Potamese. 



caulis, n., Tcawl'is (L. caulis, a 



stalk), the stalk or stem of a 



plant ; an aerial stem : cauline, 



a., kdwV-ln, belonging to a stem 



or growing immediately upon it : 



cauline bundles, fibro-vascular 



bundles on a stalk which do not 



pass into leaves: caulinary, a., 



kawV-in-Zr-i, belonging to the stem 



or growing immediately from it 



same as ' cauline. ' 



caustic, n., kawst'-ik (Gr. kaustikos, 



having the power to burn), a sub- 

 stance which possesses the prop- 

 erty of corroding any part of a 

 living body by its chemical action 

 one of the mildest cauteries is the 

 nitrate of silver or lunar caustic : 

 cautery, n., Jcdiut'er-i, any sub- 

 stance or agent employed for 

 firing and searing any superficial 

 part of the living body; potential 

 cautery designates the various 

 forms of caustic applications ; 

 actual cautery consists in a rod 

 or knob of iron heated to a dull 

 red or white heat according to 

 the effect desired ; galvanic 

 cautery is applied by means of 

 wires heated by a galvanic 

 battery : cauterisation, n. , kdwt'- 

 erdz-a'shun, the act or eftect 

 of burning or searing a living 

 part. 



cavernous respiration, a peculiar 

 hollow sound, as that produced 

 by blowing into a wide-mouthed 

 glass vessel, heard by auscultation 

 over a large dry cavity in a lung: 

 cavernous tissue, in hot., any 

 tissue consisting of layers or 

 groups of cells with cavities 

 between them. 



cavicornia, n. plu., Icav'-i-lctirn'i-a 

 (L. cavus, hollow ; cornu, a 

 horn), ruminants whose horns 

 consist of a central bony core 

 surrounded by a horny sheath. 

 Ceanothus, n., se'-an-dth'-us (said 

 to be from Gr. keanothos, a kind of 

 thorn; keanthos, a kind of thistle), 

 a genus of plants, often spiny, 

 Ord. Rhamnaceae : Ceanothus 

 Americanus, am>%r'-ik'an'>us, a 

 plant whose leaves have been 

 sometimes used in America as a 

 substitute for tea, the roots used 

 as an astringent. 



Cecropia, n., se-krop'$-a (after 

 Cecropia, the citadel of Athens, 

 named in honour of Cecrops, 

 king of Attica, whose legs were 

 fabled to have been serpents), a 

 genus of trees, Ord. Moracese, 

 having peltate leaves, and 



