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ule, n., kup f -ul, a part of a fruit 

 surrounding its lower part like a 

 cup, as an acorn; a cupula: cupuli- 

 form, a., kup-ul'4-fdrm (L. forma, 

 shape), shaped like the cup of an 

 acorn. 



Cupuliferse, n. plu., kup'-ul-if'-er-e 

 (L. cupula, a little cup, a cupule; 



fero, I bear), the Nut family, an 

 Order of trees, including the 

 hazel and the oak ; also named 

 CcrylacesB, n. plu., kdr'-il'd'-s^-e: 

 cupuliferous, a., kup'-ul-if-er-us, 

 having or bearing cupules. 



Curculigo, n., /cer'kul'ig'6 (L. 

 curculio, a corn worm, a weevil), 

 a genus of pretty herbaceous 

 plants, so called from the seeds 

 having a process resembling the 

 beak of the weevil, Ord. Brom- 

 eliaceae. 



Curcuma, n., kerk-um'-a (Ar. Icur- 

 Jcum), a genus of plants, Ord. 

 Zingiberacese : Curcuma longa, 

 Iting'gd (L. longus, long), a species 

 which furnishes Turmeric, a yel- 

 low lemon powder used as a dye- 

 stuff, employed medicinally as a 

 carminative, and enters into the 

 composition of curry powder : 

 curcumin, n., JcerJc-um-m, the 

 yellow colouring matter of tur- 

 meric : Curcuma angustifolia, 

 ang'gust f 'i'fol f 'i-d (L. angustus, 

 narrow, contracted ; folium, a 

 leaf), a species which furnishes 

 the East Indian arrowroot : C. 

 zerumbet, zer-um'-bet (from the 

 East Indies), and C. leucorhiza, 

 tt'-ktir-iz'-a, (Gr. leukos, white ; 

 rhiza, a root), yield a starch 

 similar in kind to East Indian 

 arrowroot. 



Cursores, n. plu., kers-or'-ez (L. 

 cursor, a runner from curro, 1 

 run), an Order of birds formed for 

 running swiftly, and destitute of 

 the power of flight, as the ostrich 

 and emu. 



curvembryeaB, n. plu., kerv'-Zm- 

 bri'8-e (L. curvus, bent, crooked 

 Gr. embruon, an infant in the 

 womb), plants which have theii 



embryos curved: curvembryonic, 

 a., kerv-%m''bri'8n'ik, having the 

 embryo curved. 



Uuscutese, n. plu., Ms-&w'e-e(said 

 to be a corruption of Gr. kadutas, 

 a Syrian parasitical plant ; Arab. 

 chessuth or chasuth), a Sub -order 

 of the Ord. Convolvulaceae : Cus- 

 cuta, n. , kus-kut'-a, a genus of curi- 

 ous parasitical plants producing 

 abundance of sweet-scented flowers 

 in autumn : Cuscuta epithynmm, 

 S'ptth'fm-'&m (Gr. epithumon, L, 

 epithymon, the flower of a species 

 of thyme from Gr. epi, upon ; 

 thumon, the herb thyme), the 

 dodder or scold weed, a parasitic 

 plant ; this and other species have 

 acrid purgative properties. 

 cusparia, n., kus-pdr'-i'd (a 

 native name), a name given to 

 the bark of the Galepea cusparia, 

 Ord. Rutacese, which is used as a 

 tonic and febrifuge ; called also 

 * Angostura bark. ' 

 cuspidate, a., kusp'id'dt (L. cusp- 

 is, point of a spear, cuspidis, of 

 the point of a spear), in bot., 

 gradually tapering to a sharp 

 stiff point; in zoo/., furnished 

 with small pointed eminences or 

 cusps : cuspis, n., kusp'-is, also 

 cusp, n. , kiisp, a spike, somewhat 

 thick at the base, and tapering 

 gradually to a point. 

 cuticle, n., kuwk-l (L. cuticula, a 

 little skin from ctitis, the skin), 

 the thin exterior coat of the skin; 

 in zooL, the pellicle which forms 

 the outer layer of the body 

 amongst the Infusoria ; in bot., 

 the thin layer that covers the 

 epidermis : cuticular, a., kut-ik^ 

 ul-ar, belonging to the cuticle or 

 outer surface : cutis, n., kut'-is, 

 the true skin ; the inferior layer 

 of the integument called skin ; 

 in bot., the peridium of some 

 fungi: cutis vera, kut'>is ver f -d (L. 

 verus, true), the true skin, the 

 sentient and vascular texture, 

 which is covered and defended 

 by the insensible and non-vascular 



