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apple, ' the pulp of which is the j 

 colocynth of medicine. 



Cucurbitaceae, n. plu., leu-kerb'- 

 it-d's'e-e (L. cucurbita, a gourd), 

 the Cucumber family, an Order of 

 plants, many of which are drastic 

 purgatives : Cucurbita, n., leu- 

 kero-it-a, a genus of plants : 

 Cucurbita citrullus, sit-rul'-lus 

 (new L. citrullus, the Sicilian 

 citrul or water-melon plant), the 

 water-melon, prized for its cool, 

 refreshing juice : C. pepo, pgp'd 

 (L. p$po, a large melon, a pump- 

 kin ; peponis, of a pumpkin), the 

 white gourd : C. maxima, males'- 

 im-d (L. maximus, greatest), 

 the pumpkin or red gourd : C. 

 melo-pepo, mel'-d-p%p'-d (L. melo, 

 a melon ; pepo, a pumpkin), the 

 squash : C. ovifera, ov-if'-er-a 

 (L. ovum, an egg ; .fero, I bear), 

 the egg gourd, or vegetable 

 marrow : cucurbitaceous, a., 

 leu-kerb'-it-d'shus, resembling a 

 gourd or cucumber. 



cudbear, n., Md'bdr (after Sir 

 Cuthbert Gordon),, a purple or 

 violet colouring matter obtained 

 from a lichen Lecanora tartarea. 



culm, n.,. k&lm (L. culmus, a 

 stalk, a stem), the stalk or stem 

 of corn or grasses, usually hollow 

 and jointed: culmicolous, a. , 

 leul-mik'-ol-us (L. colo, I clothe or 

 dress), growing on the culm of 

 grasses. 



Cuminum Cyminum, leum-ln'um 

 sim-ln'-um (L. cuminum, Gr. 

 cumlnon, cumin the systematic 

 name being made up of a repetiti- 

 on of the same word in its L. 

 and Gr. forms), cumin, a plant, 

 Ord. Umbelliferse, whose seeds 

 have a very peculiar odour and 

 bitter aromatic taste. 



cuneate, a., leun'-e-dt (L. cunedtus, 

 pointed like a wedge from cun- 

 eus, a wedge), shaped like a wedge 

 standing upon its point ; wedge- 

 shaped : cuneiform, a., kun'e-i- 



ftirm (L. forma, shape), same 

 sense as ' cuneate. ' 



cuniculate, a., leun-ile'-ul-dt (L. 

 cuniculus, a rabbit burrow), having 

 a long pierced passage. 



Cunoniese, n. plu., lcun'on-l'l<e 

 (after M. Cuno of Amsterdam), a 

 Sub-order of trees and shrubs of 

 the Southern Hemisphere, Ord. 

 Saxifragacese. 



Cupania, n., Icu-pdn't-a (after 

 Father Cupani of Italy), a genus 

 of plants, Ord. Sapindacese : 

 Cupania sapida, sap'id-a (L. 

 sapidus, tasting, savouring from 

 sapio, I taste), yields the Akel 

 fruit, whose succulent arillus is 

 used as food. 



cupel, n., kup'el (L. cupella, a 

 little cup), a* very porous cup- 

 like vessel used in refining 

 metals. 



cupola, n., Tcup'-ol-a (It. cupola, 

 a round vaulted chapel behind 

 the chancel), an arched or spheric- 

 al vault on the top of an edifice; 



; in anat., an arched and closed 

 extremity of the ear, forming the 

 apex of the cochlea. 



cupping, n., k&p'-wig (It. coppa, a 

 head ; L. cupa, a cask), a method 

 of local blood-letting by means of 

 a bell-shaped glass and a scarific- 

 ator. 



cupreous, a;, hup'-re-fts (L. cup- 

 reus, of copper from cuprum, 

 copper), consisting of or resem- 

 bling copper;, coppery. 



Cupressinese, n. plu., Tcup r -res> 

 sin'-e-e (L. cupressus, the cypress 

 tree), a Sub- order of trees, com- 

 prising, the cypress and juniper, 

 Ord. Coniferae: Cupressus, n., 

 lcup-r%s r -8U8, a genus of handsome 

 evergreen trees : Cupressus sem- 

 pervirens, sem-pe^vlr^nz (L. 

 semper, always ; virens, verdant), 

 the common cypress tree, which 

 yields a durable wood, supposed 

 to be the gopher wood of the 

 Scriptures. 



cupula, n., Icup'ul-d (L. cupulus, 

 a little cup from cupa, a cask, a 

 cup), the cup of the acorn, formed 

 by an aggregation of bracts : cup- 



