CER 



named from the petals being so 

 cut as to resemble stags' horns : 

 ceratophyllous, a., s&r'-dt-o-ftt'- 

 lUs, horn-leaved. 



Cerbera, n.,ser'6gr-a(L. Cerberus, 

 the three-headed dog of Pluto, 

 whose bite was poisonous), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Apocyna- 

 cese, generally poisonous : Cerbera 

 Ahouai, d'hd f 'i(Ahouai, an Indian 

 name), a plant whose fruit, con- 

 tained in a nut, is deadly poison. 



Cercarise, n. plu., ser-kdr'-i-e (Gr. 

 kerkos, a tail), a genus of infusory 

 animalcules ; a remarkable genus 

 of intestinal parasites, so called 

 because in one stage of their 

 existence they have a rudder tail: 

 cercsB, n. plu., ser^-se, the feelers 

 which project from behind in 

 some insects. 



cercidium, n., ser-sid'i'um (Gr. 

 kerkos, a tail), in bot., tail-like 

 roots of some Fungi. 



cercomonas, n., serk-dm^n^ds 

 (Gr. kerkos, a tail ; mdnos, single, 

 solitary), a minute animalcule 

 having a tail-like prolongation : 

 cercomonas urinarius, ur'-m-ar'- 

 i> us (L. urindrius, urinary from 

 urina, urine), a minute intestinal 

 parasite in the urine of animals, 

 frequently in the fresh urine of 

 the horse. 



cere, n., ser (L. cera, wax), the 

 naked space found at the base of 

 the bills of some birds. 



cerealia, n. plu., ser'-e'dV-i-a (L. 

 ceredlis, pert, to Ceres, or to grain 

 from Ceres, the goddess of corn 

 and fruits), the different grains 

 used for food ; also called cereals, 

 n. plu., ser'-i-dlz : cerealin, n., 

 ser'-^-dl'in, the nutritious or flesh- 

 forming principle in flour. 



cerebellum, n., ser'eb'el'lum (L. 

 cerebellum, a small brain from 

 cerebrum, the brain), the hinder 

 or lower part of the brain : cereb- 

 ral, a., ser'&b-ral, pert, to the 

 brain: cerebria, n. plu., ser-eb' 

 rz-a, mental derangement: cer- 

 ebriform, a., s^r-eb'-ri-form (L. 



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forma, shape), having an ap- 

 pearance like brain matter; desig- 

 nating a form of cancer : cerebric, 

 a., ser-eb'rflc, denoting one of the 

 peculiar acids found in the fatty 

 matter of the brain. 



cerebro, ser'-eb-ro (L. cerebrum, 

 the brain), a prefix indicating 

 a connection with the cerebrum 

 or brain : cerebro -spinal, an ad- 

 jective indicating connection or 

 association with the brain and 

 spine, as ' cerebro-spinal ' axis : 

 cerebrum, n., ser'-gb-rum, the 

 brain proper. 



Cereus, n., ser'-$-us (L. cer&us, 

 waxen, pliant, soft), a very 

 beautiful genus of plants, Ord. 

 Cetacese, many of which show a 

 tendency to spiral development : 

 Cereus flageUiformis, fl&dj.&'.tt- 



fdrm'is (L. fldgellum, a whip, a 

 vine-shoot; forma, shape), one 

 of the species in which setse, 

 spines, and hairs have a tendency 

 to arrange themselves spirally : 

 Cereus grandiflorus, grand't- 

 flor'-us (L. grdndis, great, grand ; 

 florus, having flowers from flos, 

 a flower, floris, of a flower), one 

 of the plants remarkable for only 

 flowering at night, expanding its 

 flower about 10 P.M., and lasting 

 only for the night ; other two 

 night - flowering plants are C. 

 M'DonaldiaB, wiSfcWw^W^'^the 

 Cereus of M 'Donald, and C. nyc- 

 ticalus, nik-tik'-al-us (Gr. nux, 

 night, nuktis, of night; kaleo, I 

 call or summon), the plant that 

 summons in the night; plants 

 which flower only at night. 



ceriferous, a., ser -if '%r -us (L. cera, 

 wax ; fero, I produce), in bot. , 

 bearing or producing wax : cere- 

 ous, a., ser'-e-us, like wax ; waxen. 



cernuous, a., sern f -u-us (L. cernuus, 

 bending or stooping with one's 

 head to the ground), in bot., 

 hanging down the head ; nodding, 

 pendulous. 



Ceroxylon, n., ser-dks'il-d'n (L. 

 cera, wax ; Gr. xulon, wood, 



