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Chrysophyll, n., kns'-o>fll (Gr. 

 chrusos, gold; phullon, a leaf), 

 the golden - yellow colouring 

 matter in many plants and their 

 flowers : Chrysophyllum, n., 

 kris'-ft-fil'-lum, a fruit - bearing 

 genus of plants, Ord. Sapotacese, 

 the under surface of the leaves 

 having dense hairs of a bright 

 yellow colour : Chrysophyllum 

 Cainito, kln-lt'o (a native name), 

 a species which yields the fruit 

 star-apple, 



chrysops caecutiens, kris'ops se- 

 ku'-shi-enz (Gr. chrusops, gold- 

 coloured from chrusos, gold, ops, 

 the eye ; L. cceculiens, blinding 

 from ccecus, blind), an African 

 fly which attacks horses' eyes and 

 blinds them. 



churrus, n,, kur'rus or tshur'rus 

 (native name), the Indian variety 

 of the hemp plant, having a 

 marked resinous varnish on its 

 leaves ; a resinous extract from 

 the Indian hemp or 'canna- 

 bis.' 



chylaqueous, a., kll-ak'-we-us (Gr. 

 chulos, juice, humour ; L. aqua, 

 water), in zool, applied to a fluid 

 consisting partly of water taken 

 in from the exterior, and partly 

 of the products of digestion which 

 occupy the body cavity in many 

 Invertebrates ; applied also to the 

 special canal sometimes existing 

 for its conduction. 



chyle, n., kll (Gr. chulos, juice), a 

 white or milky fluid separated 

 from the substances digested in 

 the stomach, and conveyed into 

 the circulation of the blood by 

 the lacteal vessels: chylifio, a., 

 kll'if-ik (L. facio, I make), pro- 

 ducing chyle ; designating a part 

 of the digestive apparatus of 

 insects ; applied to one of the 

 stomachs, where more than one 

 is present : chylous, a., Ml' 

 #s, pert, to or full of chyle : 

 chylification, n., klMf-lk-a'- 

 sliun, the process of making 

 chyle from food : chyliferous, 



a., kil-if'er'Vis (L. fero, I bear), 

 bearing or carrying chyle. 



chyli receptaculum, IcU'i res'ep- 

 tak f 'Ul'Um (L. formative, chyli, 

 of chyle ; L. receptdculum, a 

 magazine, a receptacle), the re- 

 ceptacle or reservoir of the chyle, 

 a triangular dilatation of the 

 thoracic duct, commencing in 

 the abdomen. 



chylopoiesis, n., klV-o-poy-ez'-is 

 (Gr. chulos, juice ; poieo, I make ; 

 poiesis, a making or forming), 

 the process of making chyle from 

 food : chylopoietic, a., Jcil'o- 

 poy-Zt'ik, making or producing 

 chyle ; belonging to the stomach 

 and intestines; same meaning as 

 * chylification ' and * chylific,' but 

 more correct in their formation. 



chyme, n., klm (Gr. chumos, juice, 

 moisture), the pulpy mass of 

 digested food before being changed 

 into chyle: chyme mass, the 

 central semi-fluid sarcode in the 

 interior of the Infusoria : chymif- 

 erous, a., klm-if'-er-us (L. fero, 

 I bear), containing or bearing 

 chyme : chymification, n. , Idm-if' 

 ik-d'shun, the process of changing 

 into chyme. 



Cibotium, n., sib-d'shi-uni (Gr. 

 kibotos, a chest, a casket), a 

 genus of ferns, Ord. Filices* so 

 named in reference to the form of 

 the indusium : Cibotium barom- 

 etz, bar'-om-etz (a Russian name), 

 a fern called the Scythian or 

 Tartarean lamb, because, prepared 

 in a particular way, it resembles 

 a lamb. 



cicatricula, n., sik'at'rik'ul-a (L. 

 dim. of cwdtrix, a mark or scar), 

 the scar left after the falling of a 

 leaf ; the hilum or base of the 

 seed ; the point in the ovum or 

 egg in which life first shows 

 itself: cicatricose, a., sik-at'-ri- 

 koz, marked with scars or cicat- 

 rices: cicatrix, n., sik'at-riks, the 

 scar or seam that remains on the 

 skin after a wound has skinned 

 over and healed. 



