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Curculio
- - One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.
Curcumin
- - The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.
Curtisia
- noun - a large evergreen tree of South Africa
Cushitic
- noun - a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions
Cyanamid
- noun - a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)
Cyanosis
- noun - a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning)
Cyanotic
- - Relating to cyanosis; affected with cyanosis; as, a cyanotic patient; having the hue caused by cyanosis; as, a cyanotic skin.
Cyanuric
- - Pertaining to, or derived from, cyanic and uric acids.
Cyclamin
- - A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europ.
Cyclonic
- adjective - of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm; "cyclonic destruction"
- of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center; "cyclonic cloud pattern"