Cypripedium californicum
1: often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California [syn: {California lady's slipper}]
Cypripedium fasciculatum
1: clusters of several short stems each having 2 broad leaves and 2-4 drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple; British Columbia to central California and northern Colora...
Cypripedium montanum
1: leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming [syn: {mountain lady's slipper}]
Cypripedium parviflorum
1: maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan [syn: {yellow lady's slipper}, {yellow lady-slipper}, {Cypripedium calceolus}]
Cypripedium reginae
1: pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip [syn: {common lady's-slipper}, {showy lady's-slipper}, {showy lady slipper}, {Cypripedium album}]
cyproheptadine
1: an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions [syn: {Periactin}]
Cyprus
1: a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin [syn: {Republic of Cyprus}] 2: an island in the eastern Mediterranean
Cyril Burt
1: English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971) [syn: {Burt}, {Cyril Lodowic Burt}]
Cyril Lodowic Burt
1: English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971) [syn: {Burt}, {Cyril Burt}]
Cyril Northcote Parkinson
1: British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993) [syn: {Parkinson}, {C. Northcote Parkinson}]
cyrilla
1: shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange-crimson foliage [syn: {leatherwood}, {white titi}, {Cyrilla ra...
cyrilla family
1: shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia [syn: {Cyrilliaceae}, {family Cyrilliaceae}, {titi family}]
Cyrilla racemiflora
1: shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange-crimson foliage [syn: {cyrilla}, {leatherwood}, {white titi}]
Cyrilliaceae
1: shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia [syn: {family Cyrilliaceae}, {cyrilla family}, {titi family}]
Cyrillic
1: relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages; "Cyrillic writing" n : an alphabet drived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages [syn: {Cyrillic alp...
Cyrillic alphabet
1: an alphabet drived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages [syn: {Cyrillic}]
Cyrtomium
1: small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae [syn: {genus Cyrtomium}]
Cyrtomium aculeatum
1: tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum [syn: {holly fern}, {Polystichum aculeatum}]
Cyrus
1: Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC) [syn: {Cyrus the Younger}]
Cyrus Hall McCormick
1: United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884) [syn: {McCormick}, {Cyrus McCormick}]
Cyrus II
1: king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC) [syn: {Cyrus the Elder}, {Cyrus the Great}]
Cyrus McCormick
1: United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884) [syn: {McCormick}, {Cyrus Hall McCormick}]
Cyrus the Elder
1: king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC) [syn: {Cyrus II}, {Cyrus the Great}]
Cyrus the Great
1: king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC) [syn: {Cyrus II}, {Cyrus the Elder}]
Cyrus the Younger
1: Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC) [syn: {Cyrus}]
cyst
1: a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure 2: a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) [syn: {vesicle}]
cysteine
1: an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine
cystic
1: of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder) 2: of or relating to or resembling a cyst
cystic artery
1: a branch of the hepatic artery; supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver [syn: {arteria cystica}]
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cystic breast disease
1: the presence of one or more cysts in a breast [syn: {fibrocystic breast disease}, {fibrocystic disease of the breast}, {cystic mastitis}]
cystic fibrosis
1: the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; there is no cure [syn: {CF}, {fibrocystic disea...
cystic mastitis
1: the presence of one or more cysts in a breast [syn: {fibrocystic breast disease}, {fibrocystic disease of the breast}, {cystic breast disease}]
cystic vein
1: vein that drains the gallbladder [syn: {vena cystica}]
cystine
1: a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones
cystitis
1: inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters
cystocele
1: hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth [syn: {colpocystocele}]
cystolith
1: a calculus formed in the bladder [syn: {bladder stone}]
cystoparalysis
1: paralysis of the urinary bladder [syn: {cystoplegia}]
Cystophora
1: hooded seals [syn: {genus Cystophora}]
Cystophora cristata
1: medium-sized blackish-gray seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters [syn: {hooded seal}, {bladdernose}]
cystoplegia
1: paralysis of the urinary bladder [syn: {cystoparalysis}]
Cystopteris
1: chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae [syn: {genus Cystopteris}]
Cystopteris bulbifera
1: North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets [syn: {bulblet fern}, {bulblet bladder fern}, {berry fern}]
Cystopteris fragilis
1: delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems [syn: {brittle bladder fern}, {brittle fern}, {fragile fern}]
Cystopteris montana
1: fern of rocky mountainous areas of hemisphere [syn: {mountain bladder fern}]
Cytesis proliferus
1: shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder [syn: {tagasaste}, {Chamaecytisus palmensis}]
Cytherea
1: goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: {Aphrodite}]
cytidine
1: a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose [syn: {deoxycytidine}]
Cytisus
1: large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom [syn: {genus Cytisus}]
Cytisus albus
1: low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers [syn: {white broom}, {white Spanish broom}, {Cytisus multiflorus}]
Cytisus multiflorus
1: low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers [syn: {white broom}, {white Spanish broom}, {Cytisus albus}]
Cytisus ramentaceus
1: erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus [syn: {Dalmatian laburnum}, {Petteria rame...
Cytisus scoparius
1: deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers [syn: {common broom}, {Scotch broom}, {green broom}]
cytoarchitectonics
1: the cellular composition of a bodily structure [syn: {cytoarchitecture}]
cytoarchitecture
1: the cellular composition of a bodily structure [syn: {cytoarchitectonics}]
cytochrome
1: a class of hemoprotein whose principle biological function is as carriers of electrons
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