cladoptosis, annual shedding of twigs and branches. cladose, branching;
branched
Oftten used in AWADtalk, but never defined. For those who did not take Latin:
circa
prep.
5L6 about: used before an approximate date or figure !circa 1650"
Used several times here but not previously defined:
circumspect
adj.
5ME < L circumspectus, pp. of circumspicere, to look about: see CIRCUM3 & SPY6careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding; cautious; careful
—SYN CAREFUL
cir#cum[spec4tion
cisco
n.,
pl. 3co, 3coes, or 3cos 5< CdnFr ciscovette < Algonquian6 any of various trouts (esp. genus Coregonus) found in the colder lakes of the NE U.S. and of Canada
The land of the Cimmerians lay on the edge of Hades. It is a land of perpetual dusk. There
the spirits of the dead wait for the ferry of Charon (CARE on) to take them to the Underworld.
Cimmeria - wasn't that the homeland of Conan the Barbarian?
related to cladistics, a system of biological classification, the details of which I forget.
Bingley
Cladaptosis could mean trees unclad of summer clothing to hibernate.