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dceus, leathery from cormm, 

 skin, hide), are species which 

 yield the balsam of copaiba. 



Copepoda,n., kdp>$p'dd'd(Gj:.kdpe, 

 an oar ; podes, feet), oar-footed 

 animals, an Order of Crustacea. 



coprolite, n., k6p f -r6-lit(Gi. kopros, 

 dung ; lithos, a stone), the petri- 

 fied dung of animals, chiefly of 

 saurians. 



Coptis, n.,kop''tis (Gr. kopto> I cut), 

 a genus of plants, so called in 

 allusion to the division of the 

 leaves, Ord. Ranunculacese : Cop- 

 tis teetae, tef-te (a native name), 

 a pretty species, the rhizome be- 

 ing used in India as a bitter 

 tonic.- 



coracoid, a. , k8r'ak-oyd (Gr. koraks, 

 a crow, korakos, of a crow, crow's; 

 eidos, shape, likeness), applied to 

 a process of bone of the shoulder- 

 blade, so named from its resem- 

 blance to a crow's beak ; one of 

 the bones of the pectoral arch in 

 birds and reptiles : coraco brach- 

 ialis, kdr^dk-6 brdk'-t-dl'.is (Gr. 

 koraks, a crow ; L brachidlis, 

 pert, to an arm from brdchium, 

 an arm), the muscle of the arm 

 connected with the coracoid proc- 

 ess ; a muscle connected with 

 the coracoid process and inserted 

 into the humerus or arm bone. 



coralliform, a., Hr-aW/oVm (Gr. 

 korallion, L. cordlium, red coral ; 

 L. forma, shape), also coralloid, 

 a., kftr'-al'loyd (Gr. eidos, resem- 

 blance), resembling coral : coral- 

 lum, n., JcQr-al'ltim, the hard 

 structure deposited in the struc- 

 tures of the Actinozoa, called 

 coral : corallite, n., kor'dl-lU, 

 the portion of a corallum secreted 

 by a single polype : coralliginous, 

 a., Icor'-al-lidf-en'tis, producing a 

 corallum: coralline, a., kdr'-al-tin 

 like or containing coral: Coral- 

 lina, n., kor'-al'lin'-a, a genus of 

 plants resembling a coral, Ord. 

 Algse : Corallina officinalis, of- 



f&-m-dl'ts(L. officinalis, officinal), 

 one of numerous species considered 



vegetable, which are reckoned 

 animal by many. 



Corchorus, n., kork'tir-tis (Gr. 

 Jcore, the pupil of the eye ; koreo, 

 I cleanse, I purge), a gemis of 

 plants, Ord. Tiliaceae : Corchorus 

 capsularis, kdps f -ul-dr f 'is (L. caps- 

 uldris, pert, to a capsule from 

 capsula, a little chest), a species 

 which in India furnishes the jute 

 used in making coarse carpets 

 and gunny bags : C. olitorius, 

 til'-it-or'-i-us (L. olitorius, belong- 

 ing to vegetables from olitor, a 

 market gardener), Jew's mallow, 

 the leaves of which are used as a 

 culinary vegetable : C. pyriformis, 

 pir'-ifdrm'-is (L. pirum, a pear ; 



forma, shape), a species in Japan 

 which furnishes fibres. 



corculum, n., k6rk f -ul>&,m (L. 

 corculum, a little heart from 

 cor, the heart), in lot., a name 

 for the embryo. 



cord, n., kord (L. chorda, Gr. 

 chorde, a string, a gut), the 

 string or process which attaches 

 the seed or embryo to the plac- 

 enta. 



cordate, a., Jctird'-dt (L. cor, the 

 heart, eordis, of the heart), heart- 

 shaped ; having the broad, heart- 

 shaped part next the stalk or 

 stem : cordiform, a. , kSrd^-fdrm 

 (L. forma, shape), a solid body 

 having the shape of a heart : 

 cordate-hastate, a., -hdst'-dt (L. 

 hasta, a spear), of a shape between 

 a heart and a spear: cordate- 

 sagittate, a. , -sadj-it'-dt (L. sagitta, 

 an arrow),, of a shape between a 

 heart and an arrow-head: cord- 

 ate-ovate, a., -ov'dt (L. ovdtus, 

 shaped like an egg), of a shape 

 between a heart and an egg. 



Cordiaceae, n. plu., kdrd'-i-d'-sZ-e 

 (after Cordus, a German botanist), 

 the Cordia family, an Order of 

 trees, some of which yield edible 

 fruits: Cordia, n., kord'-i-a, a 

 genus of plants : Cordia myxa, 

 miks'd (Gr. muxa, mucus, mucil- 

 age); also C. latifolia, lat'-l-JoU-a 



