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Dutch botanist), the Spider- wort 

 family, an Order of plants, some 

 of which have fleshy rhizomes 

 which are used for food : Com- 

 melyna, n, , kdm'mel-in'd, a genus 

 of very handsome plants. 



commissure, n., kom-mish'-obr (L. 

 commissura, a knot, a joint 

 from con, together; missus, sent), 

 the place where two parts meet 

 and unite ; the point of union 

 "between two parts that meet 

 closely: commissural, a., kom- 

 mish'-dor-al, connecting together; 

 applied to nerve - fibres which 

 unite different ganglia, 



complanate, a., kom'-pldn<at (L f 

 compldno, I make level from 

 con, together ; pldnus, level), in 

 bot., flattened. 



complicate, a., komtpltic'dt (L. 

 complicdtum, to fold together 

 from con, together; plico, I 

 fold), in lot., folded up upon 

 itself. 



Composite, n. plu., kom-p8z f -U-e 

 (L. compositus, put together, 

 compounded ; compono, I com- 

 pound from con, together; pdno, 

 I put or place), the Composite 

 family, one of the largest and 

 most important Orders in the 

 vegetable kingdom, and distrib- 

 uted over all quarters of the 

 world. 



CDmpress, n., k8m'pr%s (L. com- 

 pressus, pressed together from 

 con, together ; pressus, pressed, 

 kept under), folds of soft linen 

 cloth, used to cover the dressings 

 of wounds, etc.: compressed, a., 

 Icom 'prest', in bot., flattened lat- 

 erally : compression, n., kdm- 

 pr%sh f 'Un, in anat. , pressure upon 

 the brain caused by some severe 

 injury : compressor, n., k6m> 

 pres'-dr, a muscle which com- 

 presses the parts on which it 

 acts : compressorium, n. , Mm' 

 pr%S'6r r >i'Um, that which com- 

 presses or fixes ; a compressor. 



Conantherese, n. plu., ktin'dnth- 

 er'-e-e (Gr. konos, a cone ; Eng. 



anther from Gr. antheros, L. 

 anther a, flowery), a Sub-order of 

 plants, Ord. Liliacese, so called 

 because their anthers are united 

 into a cone ; the stemless herbs 

 of Peru and Chili : Conanthera, 

 n., k$n'anth-er f 'a, a genus. 



conarium, n,, kon-ar'i-um (Gr. 

 konos, L. conus, the fruit of the 

 ftr), in anat., a small reddish 

 body, about the size of a small 

 cherry-stone, in the cerebrum, 

 called also the ( pineal body ' or 

 1 gland, ' 



concatenate, a., ktin-k&tftn-fit (L. 

 con, together ; catendtus, chained 

 from catena, a chain), chained 

 together. 



concentric, a., ktin-s&nt'.rik (L. 

 con, together ; centrum, the 

 middle point), in bot., having a 

 common centre. 



conceptacle, n., kdn-sept'-a-kl (L. 

 conceptaculum, a receptacle), in 

 bot., a hollow sac containing a 

 tuft or cluster of spores ; the 

 thecee of ferns. 



concha, n., kdngk'a (Gr. kongche, 

 L. concha, a shell), the external 

 ear, by which sounds are collected 

 and transmitted through the 

 modiolus to the internal ear. 



Conchifera, n. plu., kongk-if^er-a, 

 also Conchifers, n. plu., kongk- 

 if-ers (L. concha, a shell; fero, I 

 bear or carry), an extensive class 

 of bivalve shell-fish, including 

 the oyster, mussel, cockle, and 

 scallop ; a synonym for *lam- 

 elli - branchiate : ' conchiferous, 

 a., kongk-ij'er'US, producing or 

 having shells : conchiform, a., 

 kongk f 'i-form (L. forma, shape), 

 having the shape of a shell. 



concolorate, a., kon'kol'or'dt, also 

 concolorous, a., kon-kdl'-or-us 

 (L. con, together ; color, colour), 

 similar in colour. 



concrete, a., kong'kret (L. con, 

 together ; cretum, to grow), 

 united in growth; growing to- 

 gether : concretion, n., kon- 

 kresli'-un, a mass formed by the 



