COHORT
Co"hort, n. Etym: [L. cohors, prop. an inclosure: cf. F. cohorte. See
Court, n.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.
2. Any band or body of warriors. With him the cohort bright Of watchful cherubim. Milton.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.
COHOSH
Co"hosh, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose roostock is used in medicine; — also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actæa, plants of the Crowfoot family.
COHUNE; COHUNE PALM
Co*hune", n., or Cohune palm . [Prob. fr. a native name in Honduras.]
Defn: A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.