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CichoraceaB, n. plu., slk^or>d f 'Se>e 

 (Gr. kichorion, L. cichdrium, 

 succory or endive), a Sub-order 

 of the Ord. Composites, most of 

 the plants of which yield a milky 

 juice, and are bitter and astring- 

 ent : Cichorium, n., sik-dr'-i-um, 

 a genus of plants : Cichorium 

 endivia, en-div'-i-a (F. endive, a 

 salad), a species, the blanched 

 leaves of which constitute endive : 

 C. intybus, in'tib-us (said to be 

 from L. in, in ; tubus, a tube 

 from the hollow form of its stem), 

 the succory or chicory, cultivated 

 for the sake of its root, used for 

 mixing with coffee when roasted 

 and ground, or used alone as 

 coffee : cichoriaceous, a., sik-or f - 

 i-a'shus, having the qualities of 

 chicory or wild endive. 



Cicuta, n., sik-ut'-a (L. cicuta, the 

 plant hemlock), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Umbelliferse : Cicuta virosa, 

 vir-oz'-d (L. virdsus, slimy, 

 poisonous from virus, slime, 

 poison), water-hemlock or cow- 

 bane. 



cilia, n. plu. , sil' i-a (L. cilium, an 

 eyelid with the hairs growing on 

 it ; cilia, eyelids), the hairs on 

 the edge of the eyelids ; hairs on 

 the margin of any body ; thin 

 hair-like projections from an 

 animal membrane which have a 

 quick, vibratory motion in 

 insects only microscopic ; in bot. , 

 short stiff hairs fringing the 

 margin of a leaf: ciliary, a., 

 sil'-i-er-i, belonging to the eye- 

 lids or cilia : ciliate, a., sil'-i-at, 

 also ciliated, a., sil'-i-at^d, pro- 

 vided with cilia ; fringed. 



ciliograda, n. plu., sil'-i'd-grdd'-d 

 (L. cilium, an eyelid with the 

 hairs on its margin ; grddior, I 

 walk, grddus, a step), animals 

 that swim by means of cilia 

 same as 'Ctenophora:' ciliograde, 

 a., siV-i'd-grad, swimming by the 

 vibratory motion of cilia. 



Cinchonese, n. plu., sin-kon'e-e 

 (after the wife of the Conde del 



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Cinchon, a viceroy of Peru, who 

 was cured of a fever by the Peruv- 

 ian bark, 1638), a Sub-order of 

 the Ord. Kubiacese: Cinchona, n., 

 sin'kon'd, a genus of trees and* 

 shrubs, various species of which 

 furnish Peruvian or Jesuit's bark, 

 growing abundantly in Tipper 

 Peru : Cinchona Condaminea, 

 k6n / 'dd'min f -e-d (after De la Con- 

 damin, a celebrated navigator); 

 C. calisaya, kdl'-is-a'-yd ; C. 

 succirubra, sW-si-rdb'-rd (L. 

 succus, juice, moisture ; ruber or 

 rubra, red), are the three species 

 which furnish the pharmaceutical 

 bark ; about twelve species fur- 

 nish the commercial bark, and 

 for the manufacture of quinine, 

 which the pharmacopoeia, how- 

 ever, directs to be prepared from 

 the yellow bark, the C. calisaya, 

 and C. lancifolia: cinchonin, n., 

 sin f -koii'in, also cinchonia, n., 

 sin'kon'-i-d, an alkaloid obtained 

 from cinchona bark : cinchonism, 

 n., sin'kftn-izm, a disturbed 

 condition of the general health 

 by overdoses and too frequent 

 use of quinine. 



cincinnus, n. , sin-sin'-us, or cicinus, 

 n., sis-in'-us (Gr. kiklnos or kikin- 

 nos, a lock of hair, a curled lock), 

 applied to the hair on the temples; 

 in bot., an inflorescence; a scorp- 

 ioid cyme. 



cinclides, n. plu., sin-klid'ez (Gr. 

 kingklis, a lattice, a grating), 

 apertures in the column walls of 

 some sea anemones, which prob- 

 ably serve for the emission of 

 the cord-like craspeda. 



cinenchyma, n.,sin'eng'Mm-a (Gr. 

 kineo, I move; engchuma, an in- 

 fusion), in bot., laticiferous tissue 

 formed by anastomising vessels ; 

 applied to laticiferous vessels of 

 plants on account of the granules 

 contained in the 'latex' exhibiting 

 certain movements under the 

 microscope: cinenchymatous, a., 

 sm'eng-kim''dt<us, having laticif- 

 erous tissue. 



