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omba, in Ceylon), the root of 

 the plant Cocculus palmatus, or 

 Menispermum palmatum, an 

 excellent tonic. 



Columbacei, n. plu., ktil'-tim-bd'&'i 

 (L. columba, a dove), the division 

 of rasorial birds which include 

 doves and pigeons. 



Columbine, n., kdl'um-bin (L. 

 columbinus, dove-like from col- 

 umba, a dove ; may be only 

 column, and bine from AS. bin- 

 dan, Icel. binda, to bind, as in 

 woodbine), the common climbing 

 plant Aquilegia vulgaris, Ord. 

 Ranunculaceae. 



columella, n., kWtim-til'-ld (L. 

 columella, a small column or 

 pillar from columna, a column), 

 the central column, as in the 

 sporangia of mosses ; an axis 

 which has carpels arranged around 

 it ; the central axis round which 

 the whorls of a spiral univalve 

 are wound ; the central pillar 

 found in the thecse of many 

 corals : column, n., koV-um, the 

 solid body formed by the union 

 of the styles and filaments in 

 some plants ; the cylindrical body 

 of a sea anemone. 



columella cochlese, kdZtim-Wld 

 kokf'le-e (L. columella, a small 

 column ; cochlea, a spiral shell, 

 cochleae, of a spiral shell), the 

 central pillar round which turns 

 the spiral tube of the ear. 



Columelliacese, n. plu., kol^m- 

 Zl'li-d'se'-e (after Columella, a 

 Spaniard), a small Order of ever- 

 green shrubs and trees: Columel- 

 lia, n., k^l'-iim-^V-U'd, a genus of 

 evergreens. 



columnse carnese, k$l-ftm'-n& kdr'- 

 ri&'e (L. columnce, columns ; 

 carnece, fleshy from caro, flesh, 

 carnis, of flesh), the fleshy col- 

 umns or pillars ; the irregular 

 rounded muscular bands on a 

 great part of the inner surfaces 

 of the ventricles of the heart : 

 columnsB recti, rekt'i (L. rectum, 

 the rectum, recti, of the rectum 



from rectus, straight), the larger 

 folds of the rectum. 



Colutea, n., kdl-ut'-Z-d (Gr. kolout- 

 ea, a kind of tree which dies if 

 mutilated ; L. colutea, a pod-like 

 kind of fruit), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Leguminosse, Sub-ord. 

 PapilionacetB : Colutea arbores- 

 cens, dr'-bdr-fe''^ (L. arbores- 

 cens, growing into a tree from 

 arbor, a tree), the bastard or 

 bladder senna, whose leaves are 

 used abroad to adulterate the 

 true senna. 



coma, n., kom'a (Gr. koma, a 

 deep sleep), a kind of stupor, 

 deep sleep, or insensibility ; a 

 deep lethargic sleep from which 

 the person cannot be awakened : 

 comatose, a., k8m'at>oz, excess- 

 ively drowsy ; lethargic. 



coma, n., kom'a (L. coma, Gr. 

 kome, the hair of the head), tufts 

 of hairs terminating certain seeds ; 

 bracts or tufts as at the summit 

 of a pine - apple : comose, a., 

 kom-oz', furnished with hairs, as 

 the seeds of the willow. 



CombretacesB, n. plu., ktimtbret' 

 a'-se-e (combretum, said to have 

 been a Latin name for a climbing 

 plant), an Order of climbing 

 plants: CombreteaB, n. plu., ktim* 

 toet'-e-e, a Sub-order: Combretum, 

 n., kdm-bretf-um, a genus. 



comes nervi ischiadici, kom'-ez 

 nerv'-l is'-ki^d'-is-i (L. comes, a 

 companion ; nervus, a nerve, 

 nervi, of a nerve ; ischiadicus, 

 that has hip-gout from ischias, 

 hip-gout), the companion of the 

 ischiadic nerve ; a branch of the 

 sciatic artery : comes nervi 

 phrenici, fren'-is-l (L. phremcus t 

 belonging to the diaphragm 

 from Gr. phren, the diaphragm), 

 the companion of the phrenic 

 nerve ; a very slender but long 

 branch of the phrenic artery 

 which accompanies the phrenic 

 nerve. 



CommelynacesB, n. plu., kom> 

 mel'-in-af'Se-e (after Commelin, a 



