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continuous, a., l&n-tfttfafa (L. 



continuus, uninterrupted), in bot. , 

 without joints or articulations. 



contorted, a., kon'tort'-$d (L. con, 

 together; tortus, twisted), in lot., 

 twisted regularly in one direction 

 applied to a form of {estivation : 

 contortive, a. , k$n>t$rtfiv, applied 

 to the parts of a single whorl 

 placed in a circle, each exhibiting 

 a torsion of its axis. 



contortuplicate, a., ktin'ttir-tup'- 

 Ilk- at (L. contortus, twisted ; 

 plicdtum, to fold), in bot., twisted 

 and folded in plaits. 



Contrayerva or Contrajerva, n., 

 kon'-tra-yerv'-a (Indian - Spanish, 

 contrayerva fromcontra, against ; 

 yerva, poison, as supposed to be 

 good against poison), the plant 

 whose root yields the Contrayerva 

 root of commerce, Ord. Moracese. 



contusion, n., kon-tu'zhun (L. con- 

 tusum, a bruise from con, to- 

 gether ; tusus, beaten), a form of 

 injury caused by heavy pressure 

 or a sharp blow without any ex- 

 ternal wound ; a bruise : contused 

 wound, when, in addition to the 

 injury of the soft parts, the skin 

 is broken. 



conus arteriosus, Icon' us drt-er'-$- 

 oz'us (L. conus, a cone ; arteria, 

 an artery), the arterial cone; a 

 smooth, conical prolongation of 

 the left ventricle upwards, from 

 which the pulmonary artery 

 arises. 



convergent, a., kSn-verf-Znt (L. 

 con, together; vergens, bending, 

 turning), in bot., applied to ribs 

 of leaves running from base to 

 apex in a curved manner. 



convolute, a., kon'vdl-dt, also con- 

 volutive, a., ktin'-vo'l'dtfiv (L. con, 

 together ; volutus, rolled), in bot., 

 having a leaf in a bud rolled upon 

 itself; rolled up laterally so as 

 partially to embrace each other. 



Convolvulaceae, n. plu., kon-vdlv'- 



ul-a'-sV-e (L. convolvulus, the plant 



bindweed from con, together ; 



volvo, I roll), the Convolvulus or 



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Bindweed family, an extensive 

 Order of twining shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants, having gener- 

 ally an acrid juice in the roots, 

 which is purgative : Convolvulus, 

 n., kftn'v6'lv''Ul'Us, a genus of 

 plants so called from their twin- 

 ing .or winding habit : Convolv- 

 ulus scammonia, skdm-mon'-i-d 

 (Gr. skammonia, L. scammonia, the 

 plant scammony), a species the 

 root of which yields a gummy 

 resinous exudation : C. sepium, 

 sZfii-um (L. sepium, the internal 

 shell of the cuttle-fish), a species 

 which yields a spurious kind of 

 scammony : C. batatas, bat'titfas 

 (a Spanish or Mexican word), a 

 species which yields the sweet 

 potato or yam, used as food in 

 tropical countries : C. scoparius, 

 skop-dr'i-us (L. scoparius, of or 

 belonging to a broom ; scopce, a 

 bunch of twigs, a broom), yields 

 the oil called Rhodium. 



convulsions, n. plu., kdn-vul'-shuns 

 (L. convulsw, a convulsion 

 from con, together; vulsum, to 

 pluck or tear away), violent and 

 involuntary contractions of certain 

 muscles of the body, as in fits. 



copaiba, n., ko-pab f -a, or copaiva, 

 n., kd'pav f 'd (Sp. and Portg.), an 

 oleo-resin or turpentine, obtained 

 from various parts of S. America ; 

 a balsam. 



Copaifera, n., ko-paf'-er-a (copaiba, 

 and L. fero, I bear), a genus of 

 plants, Ord. Leguminosse, Sub- 

 ord. Csesalpiniese : Copaifera 

 Jacquinii, jak-win'-i-l (after 

 Jacquinia, a botanist of Vienna), 

 the copaiba of Jacquinia: C. 

 Langsdorfii, langs-dorf-i-l (of 

 Langsdorff) ; C. bijuga, bidf-ug-a 

 (L. bijugus, yoked two together 

 from bis, twice ; jugum, a yoke) ; 

 C. multijugus, mult-tdj'-ug-tls (L. 

 multus, many ; jugum, a yoke) ; 

 C. Martii, mdr'shi-i (L. of the 

 month of March) ; C. Guianensis, 

 gwi'-an-ens'-is (of or from Guiana}; 

 C. coriacea, kdr'-e-a'ac-ti, (L. cori- 



