cultriform 
Cutin 
the shape of a knife-blade ; cult’ri- 
form, cultriform’is (culter, a knife ; 
forma, shape), in shape like a 
knife, or coulter. 
Cult’ures, in botany, applied to experi- 
mental growth conducted in the 
laboratory. 
cu’neal (Crozier), cunea’‘rius ¢ (Lind- 
ley), cu’neate, cunea’tus, cuneiform, 
cuneiform'ts (cuneus, a wedge), 
wedge-shaped, triangular. 
cunic’ulate, cunicula’tus (cuniculus, a 
rabbit), pierced with a long deep 
passage open at one end, as the 
peduncle of T'ropaeolum. 
Cunix { (deriv.?) ‘‘The separable 
place which intervenes between 
the wood and bark of exogens” 
(Lindley). 
Cup, (1) an involucre, as of the acorn ; 
(2) the receptacle, or ‘‘shield” in 
some Lichens; (3) used for Disco- 
CARP; ~ shaped, formed like a goblet, 
see CRATERIFORM. 
cu'pola-shaped, nearly hemispherical, 
like an acorn-cup. 
cu’preus (cwprum, copper), copper- 
coloured, with its metallic lustre. 
Cu'pule, Cu’pula (Lat., a little cup), 
the cup of such fruits as the acorn, 
an involucre composed of bracts 
adherent by their base, and free 
or not, upwards ; cu’pula - shaped 
(Lindley) see CUPOLA SHAPED ; 
cupula’ris, cu’pulate, cupula’tus, 
furnished with, or subtended by 
a cupule ; Cupu'lifer (Lat.), cupu- 
liferous (fero, I bear), producing 
cupules ; cu’puliform, cupulzform’is 
(forma, shape), cupola-shaped. 
Cu’rarine, an alkaloid from ‘‘ Curare,”’ 
obtained from several species of 
Strychnos. 
Cur’cumine, the colouring matter of 
the roots of Turmeric, Curcuma 
longa, Linn. 
Curl,a disease, shown by deformed and 
curled leaves, ascribed in some cases 
to Exoascus deformans, Fuckel ; 
curled, when a leafy organ is folded 
or crumpled, as Endive. 
Cur’tain = Corrina. 
Curv’ature, continued flexure or bend- 
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ing from a right line; ~ of Con- 
cussion, that produced as the result 
of a sudden blow; Darwin’ian ~, 
effects produced on growing organs, 
as root-tips in consequence of ir- 
ritation: Sachs’s ~, the difference 
in growth of the two sides of the 
root (Wettstein) ; curva’tus (Lat. ), 
bent as a bow, or arc of a circle ; 
Curve, the same as curvature ;~ 
ribbed, ~ veined = CURVINERVED 3; 
curved, bent, not rectilinear ; 
curvicau'date (cauda, a tail), hav- 
ing a curved tail; curvicost’/ate 
(costa, a rib), with curved ribs or 
veins ; curviden’tate (dens, a tooth), 
with curved teeth, cur’viform, 
(forma, shape) = CURVED ; cur’vin- 
erved, curviner'vius, curvive'nius 
(Lat.), having curved nerves, 
especially applied to monocotyle- 
dons ; curvip’etal (peto, I seek), 
Vochting’s term for the causes 
which tend to curve an organ, 
curvise'rial (series, arow), in curved 
or oblique ranks. 
Cush’ion, (1) the enlargement at or 
beneath the insertion of many 
leaves, the pulvinus; (2) portion 
of «a Fern-prothallus on which 
archegonia are borne, often per- 
ceptibly thicker than the margins ; 
cushion’ed, tufted, as in some 
Mosses ;~ Fun’gi, Fungi growing in 
tufts. 
Cusp, Cusp’is (Lat. a point), a sharp, 
rigid point ; cusp’idate, cuspida’tus, 
tipped with a cusp. 
cut, the same as incised, or in a 
general way as cleft. 
Cu'ticle, Cuti’cula(Lat. the outer skin), 
the outermost skin or pellicle, con- 
taining the epidermis; Cuti’cula 
den'sa, ~ hymeniform’is, ~ primordi- 
a'lis, ~ pro'pria, ~ regula'ris, ~ 
subnul'la, modifications proposed 
by Fayod, in Ann. Sc. Nat., Sér. 
VII. ix. (1889) 243-244 ; Cutocell’'u- 
loses (+ Cellulose) modified cellu- 
lose, the cuticularized layers of cell- 
wall, impregnated with cutin; 
Cuticulariza’tion = CurTINIzATION. 
Cu'tin (cutis, the skin), the substance, 
