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timber), a palm tree which yields 

 wax, forming a coating over its 

 trunk, Ord. Palmse. 



cerumen, n., s$r-um'%n (L. cera, 

 wax), the wax of the ear secreted 

 by ceruminous glands: cerum- 

 inous, a., ser-umf-m-us, of or 

 belonging to the cerumen. 



cervical, a., serv-ik^dl or sen/'ik-dl 

 (L. cervix, the neck, cervicis, of 

 the neck), connected with the 

 region of the neck : cervical vert- 

 ebrse, n. plu., vert f -eb>re (L. 

 vertebra, a joint), the seven bones 

 of the spine of the neck : cervico, 

 serv'ik'-o or serv'ik'd, denoting 

 connection or association with the 

 region of the neck proper, or 

 simply with a neck: cervix, n., 

 sen/'iks, the neck : cervix cornu 

 poster ioris, korn'u post-cr'-i-or'-is 

 (L. cornu, a horn ; posterioris, 

 of posterior), the neck of the 

 posterior horn ; a part of the 

 grey substance of the spinal 

 cord : cervix femoris, fern' or -is 

 (L. femur, the thigh, femdris, of 

 the thigh), the neck of the thigh 

 bone between the head and the 

 trochantes: c. uteri, ut'er-i (L. 

 uterus, the womb, the matrix), 

 the neck of the womb. 



cervicalis ascendens, serv'-ik-at'-is 

 as-end?-enz(L. cervicdlis, belonging 

 to the neck from cervix, the 

 neck ; ascendens, ascending), the 

 muscle which forms the continu- 

 ation of the accessorius upwards 

 into the neck. 



cestoidea, n. plu., stist-oyd'e-d 

 (Gr. kestos t a girdle ; eidos, ap- 

 pearance), an old name for Tseni- 

 ada, a class of intestinal worms 

 with flat bodies like tape ; tape- 

 worms: cestoid, a., sest f -dyd, 

 pert, to the cestoidea or tape- 

 worms. 



Cestraphori, n. plu., cest-raf-or-l 

 (Gr. kestra, a military weapon ; 

 phoreo, I bear), a group of Elas- 

 mobranchii, represented by the 

 Port Jackson shark. 



Cetacea, n. plu., set>d'shi-a (Gr. 



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ketos, L. cetus, a whale), the 

 Order of the Mammals comprising 

 the whales and dolphins : ceta- 

 ceous, a., set-d'-shus, pert, to the 

 whale kind. 



Cetraria, n. plu., set-rar'-i-a (L. 

 cetra, a short shield or buckler), 

 a genus of lichens: Cetraria 

 Islandica, ls>land'4k-a (L. /*- 

 Idndica, of or belonging to 

 Iceland), Iceland moss, a lichen 

 which contains a nutritious 

 matter called lichen-starch or 

 lichenin: cetrarin, n., set'rdr-m, 

 the bitter principle existing in 

 Iceland moss. 



Chserophyllum, n., ker'-d-fil'-lum 

 (Gr. chairo, I am glad, I rejoice ; 

 phullon, a leaf), a genus of plants 

 so called from the pleasant smell 

 of the leaves : Chserophyllum 

 bulbosum, bulb-oz'um (L. bul- 

 bosus, bulbous from bulbus, a 

 bulb), bulbous chervil, which is 

 used like carrots. 



ch.setognatha, n. plu., ket'og- 

 ndth'-a (Gr. chaite, horse-hair ; 

 gnathos, the cheek or jaw bone), 

 an Order of the Anarthropoda, 

 having only one genus, the 

 oceanic Sagitta. 



chaffy, a., tshaf-i (AS. ceaf, Ger. 

 kaff, chaff), in bot., covered with 

 minute membranous scales. 



Chailletiacese, n. plu., kil'le'shi- 

 af-se-e (after Challlet, a Swiss 

 botanist), the Chailletia family, 

 a small Order of trees and shrubs: 

 Chailletia, n.,Jcil-le'shi'd, agenus: 

 Chailletia toxicaria, tdks '4 - kar'4- a 

 (Gr. toxikon, L. toxicum, poison 

 in which arrows were dipped), a 

 species whose fruit is poisonous, 

 known in Sierra Leone as rats- 

 bane. 



chalaza, n., M-az-a(Gr. chalaza, 

 hail, a small tubercle resembling 

 a hailstone), in bot., the disc-like 

 scar where the nourishing vessels 

 enter the nucleus of the ovule : 

 chalazse, n. plu., kdl-dz'e, in an 

 egg, two spirally twisted bands 

 having a pyramidal slope, one at 



