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sir-r8p'8d-a (Gr. pous, a foot, 

 podes, feet): cirropodous, a., sir* 

 rdp'tid'us, having filaments or 

 cirri arranged in pairs on the 

 abdomen, forming a sort of feet 

 or fins. 



cirrhose, a., sir'-roz, also cirrhous, 

 sir'-us (F. cirrhe, L. cirrus, a 

 lock, a curl), having or giving 

 off tendrils : cirrhus, n., sir'-us, 

 also cirrus, n., slr'-Us, a tendril; 

 a modified leaf in the form of a 

 twining process : cirrhiform, a. , 

 sir'-riform (L. forma, shape), 

 having a tendril-like shape : cirrhi 

 or cirri, n. plu., sir'4, in bot.> 

 tendrils ; in zool., tendril-like 

 appendages, such as the feet of 

 barnacles and acorn shells ; the 

 lateral processes on the arms of 

 theBrachiopoda: cirrif'erous, a., 

 (L.fero, I carry), also cirriger- 

 ous, a., sir-idj^r'its (L. gero, \ 



carry), carrying cirri. 



cirrhosis, n., sir-roz'is (Gr. kirrhos, 

 tawny-coloured), a pathological 

 condition consisting of an excess- 

 ive formation of fibrous connect- 

 ive tissue, which conduces to 

 various secondary changes ; a 

 diseased state of the liver, in which 

 it becomes smaller and firmer 

 than usual, known commonly as 

 ' hob-nailed ' or ' gin-drinker's 

 liver.' 



Cissampelos, n., sis- am' pel- 8s (Gr. 

 kissos, ivy; ampelos, a vine), a 

 beautiful genus of stove climbers, 

 Ord. Menispermacese : Cissam- 

 pelos ovalifolia, tiv-al'-i-fol'i'a 

 (L. ovdlis, oval ; fdlium, a leaf, 



folia, leaves); alsoC. Mauritiana, 

 mdw'rish'i'dn'a (after Prince 

 Maurice of Nassau), species which 

 are tonic and diuretic. 



Cissus, n., sis'-sus (Gr. kissos, ivy), 

 a genus of climbers, Ord. Ampel- 

 idese or Vitacese : Cissus cordata, 

 kord-dt'-a (L. corddtus, heart- 

 shaped), and C. setosa, set-ds'd 

 (L. setosus, full of coarse hairs 

 or bristles from seta, a bristle), 

 species the leaves of which are 



said to possess acrid properties : 

 C. tinctoria, tink-tor'-i-a (L. 

 tinctorius, belonging to dyeing), 

 a species whose leaves and 

 fruit abound in a green col- 

 ouring matter, which on expos- 

 ure becomes blue, used as a dye 

 for cotton fabrics. 



Cistacese, n. plu., sist-a'sV-e (Gr. 

 kistos, the cistus or rock rose), 

 the Rock Rose family, an Order 

 of shrubs or herbaceous plants : 

 Cistus, n., sist'us, a genus of 

 plants, many of which yield a 

 resinous balsamic juice : Cistus 

 Creticus, kret r <ik-us (L. Creticus, 

 of or from Crete, in the Levant), 

 the principal species which pro- 

 duces the resinous matter called 

 ' ladanum * or ' labdanum. ' 



cistella, n., sist-Zl'-La (L. cistella, a 

 small basket from cista, a basket 

 of wicker-work), in bot., a caps- 

 ular shield of some lichens. 



cistolith, n., stetfo-ltth (L. cista, a 

 basket of wicker-work ; Gr, litJios, 

 a stone), in bot. t an agglomeration 

 of raphides suspended in a sac by 

 a tube, as in Ficus elastica. 



cistome, n., sist'-om-e (Gr. kiste, a 

 small box or chest, or L. dsta, a 

 basket of wicker- work; Gr. stoma, 

 a mouth), in bot., a funnel-shaped 

 prolongation of the cuticle into 

 the openings of the stomata. 



citrate, n., sit' rat (L. citrus, a 

 lemon, or the tree), a salt of citric 

 acid, a common form of giving 

 many remedies : citric acid, sit'> 

 rik, the substance which gives 

 the pleasant acid flavour to 

 oranges, lemons, and most other 

 fruits: citron, n., stt'ron, the fruit 

 of the citron tree : citrine, a., 

 sii f 'Tln, like a citron ; yellow-green. 



cladanthi, n. plu., kldd-anth-i (Gr. 

 klados, a tender branch, a twig ; 

 anthos, a flower), in bot., flowers 

 which terminate a lateral branch 

 in mosses. 



cladenchyma, n. plu., klad-eny'' 

 kim-d(Gi\ klados, a tender branch; 

 engchuma, an infusion), tissue 



