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composed of branching cells, as 

 in some hairs. 



sladocarpi, n. plu., klad'-o-kctrp'-i 

 (Gr. klados, a tender branch ; 

 karpos, fruit), in bot. t mosses 

 which produce sporangia on 

 short lateral branches. 



cladocera, n. plu., klad-8s'$r-& 

 (Gr. Uddos, a branch, a twig ; 

 keras, a horn), an Order of Crus- 

 tacea having branched antennae. 



cladodium, n., klad-od^i-um (Gr. 

 klados, a tender branch), in bot., 

 a plant that has flattened out 

 branches, as in the butcher's broom 

 and some cacti. 



Cladonia, n., klad-dn'.l-a (Gr. 

 klados, a tender branch), a genus 

 of lichens: Cladonia rangiferina, 

 ranj'if'^T'wf'Gb (Lap. and Finn. 

 raingo, the reindeer ; ferinus, of 

 or belonging to a wild beast), 

 the lichen upon which the rein- 

 deer feeds. 



cladoptosis, n., klad'-dp-toz'-is (Gr. 

 klados, a branch ; ptosis, a fall), 

 in bot. , the fall of branches, as in 

 Thuja, Taxodium, etc. 



Cladosporium, u.,klad'd'Spdr''i'iim 

 (Gr. klados, a branch ; spora, 

 seed), a genus of minute fungi, 

 having the sporules attached to 

 the branches, mostly found on old 

 decaying wood : "Cladosporium 

 herbarum, herb'tir'-urn (L. herba, 

 grass, an herb, herbarum, of herbs), 

 the minute fungi which cause 

 the disease in silkworms called 

 'gattine, ' which is a corruption of 

 ' catkin,' from its appearance. 



clathrate, a., klath'-rat (L. datliri, 

 a trellis, a lattice), in hot., latticed 

 like a grating. 



claustrum, n., kldwst'rum (L. 

 claustrum, that which shuts off, 

 a lock, a bar), a thin lamelliform 

 deposit of grey matter in the 

 cerebrum. 



rlavate, a., kldv'dt (L. cldvdtus, 

 club - shaped from cldvus, a 

 cudgel, a club), club-shaped ; be- 

 coming gradually thicker towards 

 the top: claviiorm, a., klav'-i- 



f6rm (L. forma, shape), same 

 sen seas preceding: clavellose, a., 

 kldv'el-loz, having club-like proc- 

 esses. 



Claviceps purpurea, kldt/'i-s&ps 

 per-pur'-fra (L. cldviceps, club- 

 headed from cldvus, a club ; 

 cdput, ahe&d;purpur%us, purple- 

 coloured), a species of fungi pro- 

 ducing the disease called 'ergot/ 

 which attacks rye and other 

 grasses. 



clavicle, n., klav'-ik-l (L. cldvicula, 

 a small key from cldvis, a key), 

 the collar-bone, so called from its 

 supposed resemblance to an ancient 

 key. 



clavula, n., klav'ul-a (L. clavula, 

 a little nail from cldvus, a nail), 

 in bot. t the receptacle of certain 

 fungi. 



clavus, n., kldi/-us (L. cldvus, a 

 nail), a corn or callosity : clavus 

 hystericus, his-ter'-ik-us (Gr. hus- 

 terikos, L. hystericus, pert, to the 

 womb, hysterical from Gr. hits- 

 tera, the womb), an acute pain 

 in the head, having the feeling as 

 if a nail were being driven into 

 the part, occurring in hysterical 

 persons. 



claw, n., kldw (Dut. klauwe, a 

 ball or claw ; F. clou, a nail), in 

 bot., the narrow end or base of 

 some petals. 



Claytonia, n., kld-tdn'-i-& (after 

 Clayton, an American botanist), 

 a genus of very pretty plants, 

 Ord. Portulacacese : Claytonia 

 tuberosa, tub'er>dz'a(L. tuberosus, 

 having fleshy knobs from tuber, 

 a bump, a knob), a species of 

 plants whose roots are eaten in 

 Siberia. 



cleido-mastoid, a. , Idld'-o-mast'-oyd 

 (Gr. kleis, a key, or the clavicle, 

 kleidos, of a key ; Eng. mastoid, 

 nipple-like, as on the breast), 

 one of two muscles which are 

 attached inferiorly to the anterior 

 surface of the sternum, and the 

 inner third of the clavicle. 



Clernaiide83, n. pl 



