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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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centesimal. a. counting or counted by
hundredths. centesimate, vt punish by punishing (especially executing) every hundredth man.
centesimation, n. ...


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Relating to the head.


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Mythology: the savage dog at gate of Hell, to prevent any shade from leaving.


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cercus
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pl. cer$ci# 73sj#8 5ModL < Gr kerkos, tail6 either of a pair of usually jointed, feelerlike appendages at the hind end of the abdomen of many insects



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certiorari
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5ME < LL, lit., to be made more certain: a word in the writ6 Law a discretionary writ from a higher court to a lower one, or to a board or official with some judicial power, requesting the record of a case for review



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Bull moose antlers, which are grown and cast off each year, are a dramatic characteristic of this
species. Two types of antlers are found in yearling bulls. The cervicorn type varies from a single
spike to a small fork, with or without additional points. The palmicorn type have small palms with
several points or protuberances. At two years of age nearly all bulls in the Yukon have small, but well developed palms on their antlers. The size of the palms, antler spread and number of tines increase each year until the bulls reach their prime at about six years of age. After the prime years, antlers may become slightly
smaller and begin to deform.


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