cynoglossum

[Lat. cynoglo us; Gr. kyno glo on: kyōn, gen it. kynos a dog, and glo a =a tongue.] sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1711.png:[blocks in formation] çyn-o-sür-ŭs, s. [Lat. cynosura (q. v.).] Bot .: Dog's-tail Gra . A genus of gra es, tribe Festucese, family Bromide. The flowers are in a spiked unilateral panicle, the spikelets with two to five perfect florets, with a pectinated bractea at their base; glumes, two equal, membranaceous, shortly awned; glumellas two. Cynosurus crista- tus , the Crested Dog's-tail Gra , or Gold-seed, is highly valued as a fodder gra . It is from twelve to eighteen inches high, with narrow linear leaves and secund racemes. C. ech in at us is found in the Channel Islands. Çin'-thi-a, s. [From Cynthus , now Monte Cintio, a mountain of Delos, where Apollo and Diana were born.] 1. Ancient Myth .: One of the names of Diana; the çë-për-ā-çě-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. cyper(us) (q.v.), and fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceæ .] Bot .: Sedges. A large order of çyn-o-me-tra, s. [Gr. kyōn (gen it. kynos )=a dog, and metra =the matrix or womb, from meter alliance Glumales. It consists of herbaceous plants, somewhat, resembling gra es, but the latter have cylindrical stems with many joints, while the Cy- peraceæ, as a rule, have triangular stems with only one joint. When the leaves form a sheath, that sheath is not slit. Flowers consisting of imbri- cated solitary bracts, of which the lower ones are generally empty; calyx none; corolla none; stamens betters one to twelve; ovary one-celled, often surrounded The order is divided into the ten following tribes: (1) Caricese, (2) Elyneæ, (3) Sclerese, (4) Rhyncos porese, (5) Cladee, (6) Chrysitricheæ, (7) Hypoly- tree, (8) Fuirenese, (9) Scripese, and (10) Cyperee. They are found more or le in every country, grow ing in marshes, ditches, streams, meadows, heaths, forests, on the sands of the seashore, and on mount ains. There is in them a great absence of fæcula and sugar, so that cattle do not care to use them as fodder. There are 120 known genera, and more than 2,000 species. çy-per-ě-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. cyper (us), and fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ .] ç-për-i-tēs, s. [Mod. Lat. cyper ( us ), and -ites ( Min .)=stone.J Palæo - botany : A genus of fo il plants, supposed, when the name was first given them, to be akin to Cyperus. Now, however, they are believed to be long us , or C. comosus of Sibthorp.] of the tribe Cyperee and the order Cyperaceae. The IMG:content-1712.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1713.jpg:[blocks in formation] style deciduous. Altogether 370specieristles none; ated by Kunth. It is e entially a southern genus, Carex taking its place in the north. The roots are given succe fully by Hindoo practitioners in cases of cholera. They call it Mootha. Those of C. per Mootha , dried and pulverized, are used by Hin- doo ladies for scouring and perfuming their hair. C. Iria is administered in India in suppres- sion of the men- ses and in colic. The tubers or corms of C. escu- lent us are used in the south of Europe for food, as well as for the preparation of orgeat; in India they have been roasted and used as a substitute Cyperus Longus. 1. Spikelet. 2. Floret. IMG:content-1714.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1715.jpg:[blocks in formation] cypre çy-pre (1), *ci-pre, *ci-pre e, *cy-pur, *cy-pyr, *cy-pres, *cy-pari e, *cu-pre e, 8. & a. [In cypre ; Dan. cypres(træ); Sp. cipres , Ger. cypre e; Fr. cyprès; Prov. cypres; Port. cipreste; Ital. cipre o; Lat. cupre us, from Gr. kypari os = the cypre -tree. Cf. also Heb. gopher (Gen. vi. 14).] [GOPHER.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. A tree, Cupre us sempervirens , a tall evergreen conifer, indigenous to Persia and the Levant, but planted all over the adjacent regions, though not to any extent in India. The Greek word kypari os has by some been derived from Kypros , the island of Cyprus, where it is abundant. It is planted, in the regions where it grows, in burial-grounds, especially in those of the Mohammedans and of the Armenians. The modern Romans admit it, as did their ancient predece ors, into their private gar. dens. The Greeks made their coffins of its wood, and some Egyptian mummy chests are of the same material. It is used in Candia, Malta, and other places for building purposes, being very durable. The doors of St. Peter's at Rome are formed of it, and have lasted 1,100 years. The gates of Constantinople, also built of it, continued the same length of time. Cabinet-makers and turners find it suit able for their respective crafts. Formerly the cypre was considered to be febrifugal and its oil as anthelmintic. "Bind you my browes with mourning cypari e ." Bp. Hall: Elegy on Dr. Whitaker. 2. Any species of Cupre us. Thus, there is the Spreading Cypre (Cupre us horizontal is .) II. The Cypre of Scripture: Heb. tirzah is de rived from taraz =to be strong. It is, therefore, some strong tree which there are no means of iden tifying. It is probably not the cypre , which has another word to expre it, namely, berosh , in most places translated cedar or fir. B. As adj .: Made of cypre , or in any way pertaining to it. "Let Nymphs and Sylvans cypre garlands bring." Pope: Winter, 22. (1) Bald Cypre : An American name for Taxodium. ( Treas . of Bot .) (2) Broom Cypre : Kochia scoparia. (Treas. of (3) Deciduous Cypre : Taxodium distichum. Bot .) (Treas. of Bot .) (4) Field Cypre : Ajuga Chamœpitys. (5) Garden Cypre : ( a ) Artemisia maritima. ( Gerard.) (b) Santolina Chamacypari us. (Lyte; Britten & Holland.) (6) Ground Cypre : Santolina Chamœcypari us . [(5) (b).] ( Treas . of Bot .) (7) Summer Cypre : The same as (2). Obvious compounds: Cypre - bough ( Hemans : The Cam brian in America ); Cypre - bud ( Milton: An Epitaph ).