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croceo-lanatus <strong>with</strong> yellow wool or pubescence<br />

croceus -a -um from Latin saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, yellow, dark orange-yellow<br />

croceus -a -um cro'ceus (KRO-see-us) Latin adjective, yellow, golden; saffron-colored; of saffron or its oil,<br />

saffron-; scarlet in Ecclestical references.<br />

crocidatus wooly, fluffly<br />

crociflorus <strong>with</strong> crocus (saffron) like flowers<br />

crocodil-, crocodilus, -crocodilus Greek a lizard, crocodile.<br />

crocosmaeflorus crocosma-flowered<br />

Crocosmia “Greek krokos, crocus, and osme, scent, because the dried flowers boiled in water smell like the<br />

spice saffron obtained from that plant” (fna)<br />

crocut-, crocuta, -crocuta Latin a hyena.<br />

cromy-, cromyo-, cromyum, -cromyum Greek an onion.<br />

Croptilon Greek kropion, scythe, and ptilon, wing or feather, perhaps alluding to perceived winglike or<br />

featherlike appearance of curved, pinnately toothed leaves, the allusion to "feather" explicit by Rafinesque,<br />

"col. feather," but not explained<br />

cross-, crosso Greek a tassel, fringe.<br />

crossopetalus having fringed petals<br />

Crossosoma Crossoso'ma (kraw-so-SO-ma)<br />

Crossosomataceae Crossosomata'ceae (kros-o-so-ma-TAY-see-ee) from the genus name, Crossosoma, and -<br />

aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

crotal-, crotal-, crotalum, -crotalum Greek a rattle, castanet, referring to rattles (Crotalaria, a papilionaceus<br />

genus whose dry seed pods rattle like castanets).<br />

crotaph-, crotaphus, -crotaphus Greek the temples.<br />

croto- Greek rattle; a tick.<br />

Crotolaria New Latin, from Latin crotalum, from Greek κρόταλον, krotalon, a rattle, a bell, castanet, used to<br />

accompany wanton dances, and New Latin -aria; from the rattling of the ripe seeds in the horny pod when shaken.<br />

(Leguminosae)<br />

crotalariae crotalar'iae (kro-ta-LARE-ee-ee)<br />

Croton, croton Cro'ton (KRO-ton) Greek κροτών, krotōn, a tick; the castor oil plant Ricinus communis.<br />

crotonifolius croton-leaved<br />

cruc- referring to a cross<br />

cruci- Latin a cross; torture.<br />

cruciatus -a -um cross-like, cross-shaped, crosswise, as the flowers of Cruciferae; <strong>with</strong> leaves if alternate<br />

pairs in right angles to the pair below; an instrument of torture, torture, misfortune, from crucio, cruciare,<br />

cruciavi, cruciatum (fiercely armed <strong>with</strong> thorns set crosswise). See also decussatus.<br />

crucifera cross-bearing the Cruciferae, a genus including mustards and cabbage-types, the whose 4-petals<br />

form a cross<br />

Cruciferae plants of the Wall-flower family. the petals, etc., make a cross.<br />

cruciferus cross-bearing, having flowers <strong>with</strong> four petals in the form of a cross<br />

cruciformis cross-shaped, in the form of a cross<br />

crucigerus cross bearing<br />

crudesc- Latin becoming raw.<br />

cruent-, cruentus Latin bleeding, bloody.<br />

cruentatus blood-red, dull-red<br />

crumentatus pocket-shaped, pouch-shaped<br />

Crupina pre-Linnaean generic name of unknown derivation<br />

cruor Latin blood.<br />

crur-, crura Latin the leg, shank, from crus, cruris, n.<br />

cruralis somewhat leg-shaped<br />

crurigerus leg-shaped, from crus, the leg<br />

crus, -crus Latin the leg, shank, from crus, cruris n., leg; shank; shin; main stem of shrub, stock; upright<br />

support of a bridge.<br />

crus-corvi Latin crus, leg or thigh, and corvus, raven, for the spurred appearance<br />

crusgalli, crus-galli kroos-GA-lee, a cock’s spur or cockerel’s spur<br />

crusi-, crusis, crusis Greek a stroke on a stringed instrument.<br />

crust-, crusta, -crusta Latin a crust, rind.

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