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caulescent
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5< L caulis, stem (see HOLE) + 3ESCENT6 Bot. having an obvious stem above the ground
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Caulocarpic: Plants that continue to live on after flowering.
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Stoma - one of the most interesting things in Botany. In leaves, a pair of large cells shaped like parentheses, with an opening between the concave partions that can be enlarged to enable capture of CO2 and the discharge of O2 during the day when sunlight is available. Here is URL to a diagram: http://www.puc.edu/Faculty/Gilbert_Muth/art0015a.jpg
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In botany, describing shape of leaf
cuneate
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5L cuneatus < prec.6 Bot. wedge-shaped; tapering, as some leaves: see LEAF, illus. Also cu4ne[at#ed 73at#id8
cu4ne[ate#ly
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celature n. process of embossing metal.
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celesta
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5Fr c=lesta < c=leste, celestial6 a small keyboard instrument with hammers that strike
small metal plates to produce bell-like tones
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Celluloid was one of the early plastics. Combs, toothbrush handles, and even Panama hats
were made of it. But it was cellulose nitrate, that can also be a dangerous explosive.
Celluloid was also early film base, and some X-ray departments had stored films cause
catastrophic fires. So film base was changed to cellulose acetate. But then I no longer
could make glue for model airplanes by dissolving toothbrush hands and film in amyl acetate.
Also, some of the celloid Panama hats were ignited by careless smokers, and cause horrible
scalp burns. Jokes were made about it, but it wasn't funny to victims.
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Celsius
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5after A. Celsius (1701-44), Swed astronomer, the inventor6 designating or of a thermometer
on which 0U is the freezing point and 100U is the boiling point of water; centigrade: the formula for converting a Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit is FU = V CU + 32: abbrev. C
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cembalo
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pl. 3li# 73lc#8 or 3los# 5It, harpsichord, cymbal < L cymbalum, CYMBAL6 HARPSICHORD
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cenacle
5Fr c=nacle < L cenaculum, dining room < cena, dinner < OL cesnas < IE *(s)kert3 < base *(s)ker3, to cut > SHEAR, SHORT6 [C3] the room in which Jesus and his disciples ate the Last Supper
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