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caulescent adj. 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 adj. 5L cuneatus < prec.6 Bot. wedge-shaped; tapering, as some leaves: see LEAF, illus. Also cu4ne[at#ed 73at#id8 cu4ne[ate#ly adv.
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celature n. process of embossing metal.
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celesta n. 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 adj. 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 n., 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 n.
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