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cluster of hanging berries (acini), but the term is transferred 



to the fruit of many plants. [Obsolete in this sense. Cf. 



Cor^^mb.] 

 Cortex. Cortex is the last part separable from the underlying 



tissue, like a crust for covering. [Cf. Cortex.] 

 Cotyle. Cotyle is a word of Greek origin, the equivalent of the 



Latin hemina. See Hemina. 

 Crenae. Crenae are a kind of incision on the extreme edge of 



leaves, giving them the name crenate, that is serrate, and 



cut on the edge. [Cf. Crena, Crenate.] 

 Cubitus. A cubitus is a measure extending from the elbow to 



the end of the middle finger, i. e., six palmii or tw^enty-four 



digits. [Cf. Cubit.] 

 Culmus. The culmus is the stem of the grain which bears the 



spike (spica). [Cf. Culm.] 



D 



Decussis. A decussis was made by the ancients in the form of the 

 letter X, which to the Latins meant ten. Hence to be de-. 

 cussate is to be arranged in the form of an X. [Cf. Decus- 

 sate.] 



Dilutum. A dilutum is a mixture. So wine mixed with water 

 is a dilutum. However, a true dilutum is a liquid into which 

 something has been poured and has steeped for a certain 

 time: if wormwood has been poured into a jar of wine, the 

 wine, when drawn off after a while, is called a dilutum of 

 wormwood. [Obsolete.] 



Dodrans. A dodrans is a measure of twelve digits, formerly 

 called by the Romans palmus major, by the Greeks aitiBa^xri. 

 So a stem is called a dodrantalis if it is twelve digits long. 

 [Cf. Dodrans.] 



Echinus. An echinus is any thing thickly covered with numer- 

 ous spines, w^hether back, or head, or top; so called because 

 of its resemblance to the round mass of spines of a sea hedge- 

 hog. [Obsolete.] 



