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Catriona
- unknown - feminine given name, Scottish/Irish
Cattleya
- noun - any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
Caucasia
- noun - a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource
Cavatina
- - Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.
Cecropia
- noun - large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc
- North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees
Cercaria
- noun - tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
Cerealia
- - Public festivals in honor of Ceres.
Cetraria
- noun - foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes
Chaldaea
- noun - an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
- an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II