Defn: A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
CACAINE
Ca*ca"ine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: The essential principle of cacao; — now called theobromine.
CACAJAO
Ca*ca*jão", n. Etym: [Pg.] (Zoöl)
Defn: A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (or Brachyurus) melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]
CACAO
Ca*ca"o, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. Cocoa, Chocolate]
(Bot.)
Defn: A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.
CACHAEMIA; CACHEMIA
Ca*chæ"mi*a, Ca*che"mi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bad + blood.] (Med.)
Defn: A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. —Ca*chæ"mic,
Ca*che"mic (#), a.
CACHALOT
Cach"a*lot, n. Etym: [F. cachalot.] (Zoöl.)