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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Coordinating ConjunctionnounMWEa conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituentsverified
Coordination CompoundnounMWEa compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinatedverified
Copepod CrustaceannounMWEminute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thoraxverified
Copper NosenounMWEenlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skinverified
Copperplate EngravingnounMWEan engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engravedverified
Copulative ConjunctionnounMWEthe conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meaningsverified
Cor PulmonalenounMWEenlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vesselsverified
Coral BeannounMWEshrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beansverified
Coral Bean TreenounMWEdeciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seedsverified
Coral BushnounMWEAustralian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowersverified
Coral DropsnounMWEhalf-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowersverified
Coral FungusnounMWEany of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coralverified
Coral GemnounMWElow-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowersverified
Coral HoneysucklenounMWEevergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowersverified
Coral PeanounMWEany of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowersverified
Coral SnakenounMWEany of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or whiteverified
Coral TreenounMWEany of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seedsverified
Coral VinenounMWEprostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowersverified
Corbel ArchnounMWE(architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meetverified
Core firmnounMWECore clearing and settlement organization that serves critical financial markets.verified
Core MemorynounMWE(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic coresverified
Cork JacketnounMWElife preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable designverified
Cork TreenounMWEdeciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky barkverified
Corkscrew FlowernounMWEperennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shellverified
Corkwood TreenounMWEvery small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light woodverified
Corn CampionnounMWEEuropean annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seedverified
Corn CocklenounMWEEuropean annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seedverified
Corn LilynounMWEany of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowersverified
Corn MayweednounMWEubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North Americaverified