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Malainbo, mal*amb f -o (unascer- 

 tained), yields a tonic bark : C. 

 eleuteria, el'-u-ter'-t.a (L. and Gr. 

 eleutheria, freedom, liberty), pro- 

 duces cascarilla bark, also called 

 sea-side balsam or sweet wood, 

 used as a tonic and stimulant : 

 C. pseudo-china or niveuxn, 

 sud f '0-kln f 'd or mv'8-um (Gr. 

 pseudes, false, lying; china, Ger. 

 name for Peruvian bark ; L. 

 nlveus, snowy), produces copalchi 

 bark, used as a tonic. 



croup, n., Jcrdp (Icel. Jcropa, Scot. 

 roup, to cry), an inflammatory 

 disease of the trachea, chiefly 

 occurring in early childhood, 

 attended by very noisy breath- 

 ing : croupous, a. , krdp'tis, pert, 

 to croup ; fibrinous. 



crown, n. , krown (W. crwn, round, 

 circular; Gael. crfan, a boss, a 

 garland ; L. corona, a crown), in 

 bot. , the short stem at the upper 

 part of the root of perennial 

 herbs. 



Crozophora, n. plu., kroz-df-ftr-a 

 (Gr. krossos, a pitcher, a pail ; 

 phoreo, I bear), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Euphorbiaceae : Crozophora 

 tinctoria, tmkt-dr f 4-d (L. tinct- 

 orius, belonging to dyeing from 

 tinctus, dyed), furnishes a purple 

 dye called turnsole, which be- 

 comes blue on the addition of 

 ammonia. 



CrucifersB, n. plu., krds-if'er-e (L. 

 crux, a cross ;fero, I bear), the 

 cruciferous or Cresswort family, 

 an Order of herbaceous plants, 

 comprising many of the common 

 culinary vegetables, as cabbages, 

 turnips, radish, cress so called 

 from having the four petals of 

 the flowers arranged in the form 

 of a cross: cruciferous, a., krds- 

 if'er-us, having flowers arranged 

 in the form of a cross. 



cruciform, a., kr6s'i>form (L. 

 crux, a cross, crucis, of a cross ; 



forma, shape), in bot., like the 

 parts of a cross, as in flowers of 

 Ouciferse ; arranged in the form 



of a cross ; also cruciate, a., 

 krdsh'i'dt, same sense ; said of a 

 flower when four petals are 

 placed opposite each other and at 

 right angles: crucial, a., krdsh'- 

 i-dl, applied to certain ligaments 

 of the knee which cross or inter- 

 sect each other somewhat like the 

 letter x. 



cruor, n., Icr6 f -or (L. cr&or, blood, 

 cruoris, of blood), the soluble 

 coloured ingredient of blood, 

 separable into two substances, 

 globulin and haematin. 



crura, n. plu., krdr'-d (L. crus, 

 the leg, cruris, of a leg, crura, 

 legs), the legs ; parts of the body 

 which resemble legs ; in bot., 

 divisions of a forked tooth : crus 

 cerebelli, krus ser'-Zb-Zfa (L. 

 cerebelli, of the cerebellum); the 

 leg of the cerebellum : crura cere- 

 belli, the legs of the cerebellum : 

 crura cerebri,, ser'Zb-ri (L. cereb- 

 rum, the cerebrum), the legs or 

 pillars of the brain ; terms de- 

 noting parts or divisions of the 

 brain, so called from their ap- 

 pearance : erural, a., kr6r'-al, 

 pert, to the legs or lower limbs : 

 crureus, a., Mr-e'tis, in anat., 

 applied to one of the extensor 

 muscles of the leg, arising from 

 the thigh-bone and inserted into 

 the knee-pan. 



crusta, n., krust'-a (L. crusta, 

 skin, bark), in bot., the frosted 

 appearance on the fronds of some 

 lichens. 



Crustacese, n. plu., kr&st'd'-se-e 

 also Crustaceans, n. plu., krust- 

 d'se-ans (L. crusta, skin, bark), 

 the articulate animals, comprising 

 lobsters, crabs, etc., which have 

 a hard shell or crust, which they 

 cast periodically : crustaceous, 

 a., also crustose, a., krust'-oz, 

 pert, to the Crustacea ; of the 

 nature of crust or shell ; in bot. , 

 hard, thin, and brittle; applied 

 to lichens hard and expanded 

 like a crust ; having the appear- 

 ance of hoar-frost. 



