Chrysos, Greek for golden yellow, whence Chrysanthous, yellow-flowered, &c.
Cicatrix, the scar left by the fall of a leaf or other organ.
Ciliate, beset on the margin with a fringe of cilia, i. e. of hairs or bristles, like the eyelashes fringing the eyelids, whence the name.
Cinereous, or Cineraceous, ash-grayish; of the color of ashes.
Circinate, rolled inwards from the top, [72].
Circumscissile, or Circumcissile, divided by a circular line round the sides, as the pods of Purslane, Plantain, &c., [124].
Circumscription, general outline.
Cirrhiferous, or Cirrhose, furnished with a tendril (Latin, Cirrhus); as the Grape-vine. Cirrhose also means resembling or coiling like tendrils, as the leaf-stalks of Virgin's-bower. More properly Cirrus and Cirrose.
Citreous, lemon-yellow.
Clados, Greek for branch. Cladophylla, [64].