CAP- 
ad.] Enlarged or swollen at 
the tip (sool.); gathered sf sapaent 
to a mass a the apex in 
inflorescence 
capit — apt nm. [L. cape, 
the head.] n articulatory pro 
ea at the end of a bone, 
e.g. on the humerus for the cee: 
’ 
tacle 
esate sey, an involucre (do02.). 
eapreolate (kapré@6lat, kap’rédlat) a. 
[L. capreols, a tendril, Supplied 
with tendrils (407). 
capsule (kap’siil) 7. om capsula, a 
little box.] A sac-like membrane 
enclosing either — = or a 
ool.) ; any 
vessel pth fire 
aso seeds, or fruits (404). 
kp’ siilif’ ériis) a. [L. 
case alittle box ; ferre, to carry.] 
With or forming a capsule (Azo/., 
anai.), 
ca) a capsulogenous,—cap- 
sulifero 
caput (kip rit) n. [L. caput, the head.] 
Head ; a knob-like swelling at the 
apex (anat,, zool.), 
carapace (k: Ar'ipas) 7. [Sp. carapacho, 
covering.] A shield covering the 
whole or part of the back of certain 
animals,—it may be chitinous or 
bony (zoo/.). 
carbohydrates ee “ti n. plu. 
[. — coal; Gk. hydr co 
Com 8 of me bon, eve 
and oxygen, generally speaking bs Fy 
hyde or ketone alcohols or con- 
Sedestion products thereof (470/.). 
kar’bin n didk’sid) 
Z, tw oxys, 
sharp.] Carbonic acid gas; aheavy, 
colourles u y the de- 
composition of organic substances 
( phys.). 
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CAR- 
carboniferous (kar’bonif’ériis) @. [L. 
measures, ~ fossils found in chest 
strata (p pal. 
carcerule (kAr’ erelt. mths ee 
a prison.}| A superior, dry, m 
celled fruit, with indehiscent pret 
or few-seeded carpels cohering by 
their united styles to a central axis 
(dot. 
zool. 
[Gk. kardia, the 
ert, near or supp ying 
; appl. sinus, artery, e 
c impulse,—the motion caused 
by the ra id it increase in the tension 
of the ventricle (phys. 
meen (zool.). 
cardinal 
sinuses 
apie in Cuvier’s ¢ ace oe Demintent 
i t fishes, aaa in other 
vertebrates (s (z00. 
eardo (kAr'd6) m. “tL. cardo, a hinge.] 
The hinge of a bivalve shell ; the 
basal ~ of the maxilla in insects 
op 
: ous 
flower in which the stamens and 
pistils are contained ; id n 
the bracts of certain grasses (do4.) 
earinate (kdr'inat) a 
keel.] aving a ridge or keel 
(z07.). 
cariniform a tenes a. [L.carina, 
a keel; forma, shape.|_ Keel- 
shaped (ézo/.). 
upper the protocone is reduced, in 
the lower the metaconid (z00/.). 
carni Sage ériis) @. 
—— 
flesh ; 
