CLY 



Gamboge family: Clusia, n., 

 Icldozh I- a, a very ornamen tal gen u s 

 of trees, remarkable for the mode 

 in which they send out advent- 

 itious roots : Clusia flava, fldv'-d 

 (L. fldvus, golden - yellow), a 

 species whose fruit, called also 

 wild mango or balsam tree, yields 

 a yellow juice like gamboge. 



clypeate, a., Idip'-Z-dt (L. clype- 

 atus, furnished with a shield 

 from clypeus, a shield), in bot., 

 having the shape of a shield : 

 clypeifonn, a., klip'e-i-ftirm (L. 

 forma, shape), shield-shaped, as 

 the carapace of the king-crab : 

 clypeus rugulose, klip'-Z-us rug'- 

 ul'dz (L. clypeus, a shield ; a dim. 

 of L. ruga, a plait or wrinkle), 

 a shield or horny covering full of 

 wrinkles. 



clyster, n., klist^er (Gr. Muster, a 

 clyster from kluzo, I wash), an 

 injection into the bowels by the 

 anus. 



cnidaB, n. plu., nid'-e (Gr. Jcnide, a 

 nettle, because it stings from 

 knao, I excite itching), the 

 urticating cells, or thread cells, 

 which give many coelenterate 

 animals power to sting. 



coagulum, n., ko-dg^ul-um, coag- 

 ula, n. plu., ko-dg'-ul-a (L. codg- 

 tilum, curdled milk), clot of 

 blood ; the curd of milk ; a thick- 

 ened or fixed mass of a liquid. 



coarctate, a., ko-drfctdt (L. coarc- 

 tdtum, to press together), in bot., 

 closely pressed ; enclosed in a 

 case or covering in such a manner 

 as to give no indication of what 

 is within, as in the transformation 

 of insects: coarctation, n., led'* 

 drk-ta'shun, the act of straiten 

 ing or pressing together, as in 

 strictures of the intestine or 

 urethra. 



cocci, n. plu., ktik'si, see 'coccus. 

 coccidium, n., kdk-sid'i-um (Gr 

 kokkos, a seed, a kernel; eidos 

 resemblance), in Algae, a rounc 

 conceptacle without a pore anc 

 containing a tuft of spores : coc 



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codes, n. plu., k$k'k8d>ez, round 

 protuberances like peas. 

 ^occoliths, n. plu., ktik'-ktiJtiks 



(Gr. kokkos, a berry ; llthos, a 

 stone), minute oval or rounded 

 bodies, found either free or 

 attached to the surface of cocco- 

 spheres, probably of vegetable 

 origin. 



Coccoloba, n., kok'-kd-ldb'-d (Gr. 

 kokkos, a berry ; lobos, a lobe), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Polygonaceae : 

 Coccoloba uvifera, uv-if'8r-d (L. 

 uvifera, bearing grapes from 

 uva, a grape ; fero, I bear), the 

 sea-side grape, so called from the 

 appearance of the fruit, which 

 yields an astringent substance 

 called Jamaica kino. 



coccospheres, n. plu., ktik'kd-sfers 

 (Gr. kokkos, a berry; sphaira, a 

 sphere), spherical masses of sarc- 

 ode, bearing coccoliths upon their 

 external surface. 



cocculum, n., kdk'-ul-um (coccus, a 

 L. formative from Gr. kokkos, a 

 berry, a seed, a scarlet colour ; 

 L. coccum, the berry of the scarlet 

 oak), in bot., a seed cell which 

 opens with elasticity : Cocculus, 

 n., ko&ul'us, a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Menispermacese, remarkable 

 for their medicinal virtues, so 

 named because most of the species 

 bear scarlet berries : Cocculus In- 

 dicus, m'-dik-us (L. Indicus, be- 

 longing to India), the fruit of the 

 Anamirta cocculus, which is ex- 

 tremely bitter, and the seeds con- 

 tain a poisonous narcotic principle, 

 called Picrotoxin ; the pericarp 

 yields a non-poisonous substance 

 called Menispermin : coccus, n., 

 kok'-us, and coccum, n., kok'-um, 

 cocci, n. plu., kdk'si, portions of 

 the dry elastic fruit of many of the 

 Euphorbiacese, which separate 

 with great force and elasticity in 

 order to project their seeds: Coccus 

 cacti, kok f 'U8 kdk'-ti (coccus, the 

 scarlet-colour; L. cacti, of the 

 cactus), the name of the cochineal 

 insect, which feeds upon cactuses; 



