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curussavicus ku-ra-SAH-vi-kus of or from Curaçao, in the West Indies in the Caribbean.<br />

curv-, curvi- Latin curved.<br />

curvans curving, bending<br />

curvatus curved, bent, bowed, from Latin adjective curvātus, past participle of curvāre, to curve<br />

curvicaulis -is -e <strong>with</strong> a bent or curved stalk, from , and Latin noun caulis, caulis m., from the Greek<br />

καυλος, kaulos, the stem or stalk of a plant; usual spelling was colis or coles, or kaulos, the shaft.<br />

curvicornis <strong>with</strong> curved horns<br />

curvidentatus <strong>with</strong> bent curved teeth<br />

curviflorus <strong>with</strong> curved flowers<br />

curvifolius leaves curved, <strong>with</strong> curved leaves<br />

curvipes cur'vipes (KUR-vi-pees)<br />

curvirostris <strong>with</strong> a curved beak<br />

curvisiliqua curvisili'qua (kur-vi-si-LI-kwa)<br />

curvispinus having short curved thorns<br />

curvistylis <strong>with</strong> a curved style<br />

curvulus, curvula slightly curved, <strong>with</strong> a short, sharp curve<br />

curvus curved, bent, crooked<br />

cuscuta, -cuscuta Arabic dodder.<br />

Cuscuta Cuscu'ta (koos-KOO-ta) New Latin, from Medieval Latin, dodder, from Arabic kushuth, kashuta,<br />

kashutha.<br />

Cuscutaceae Cuscuta'ceae (koos-ku-TAY-see-ee) the dodder family, from the genus name, Cuscuta, and -aceae,<br />

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

cuscutaeformis -is -e cuscuta-like<br />

Cusickiella Cusickiel'la (koo-sik-ee-EL-la)<br />

cusickii after William Conklin Cusick (1842-1922), Illinois-born botanist who collected in the Blue and<br />

cuspi- cuspid-, cuspis, -cuspis Latin a point, from cuspis, cuspidis f., noun, point or tip of a spear, pointed<br />

end; spit, stake; blade; javelin, spear, lance, sting.<br />

cuspidatus -a -um cuspida'tus (kus-pi-DAY-tus) cuspidate, <strong>with</strong> a cusp or sharp, stiff, or rigid point, tipped <strong>with</strong><br />

a sharp rigid point or cusp, from the past participle of the Latin verb, cuspido, cuspidare, cuspidavi, cuspidatus, tip,<br />

provide <strong>with</strong> a point; make pointed.<br />

cuspidifolius leaves cuspidate<br />

Wallowa Mountains of Oregon.<br />

custod- Latin guard.<br />

cut-, cutane-, cuti-, cutic- Latin skin, from cuticula, cuticulae f., noun, skin; cuticle; or cutis, cutis f., skin;<br />

external appearance, surface.<br />

cutaneus -a -um Latin relating to the skin, from cutis, skin, and -aneus, adjectival suffix indicating<br />

resemblance or the material out of which something is made.<br />

cuticula Latin cuticle, from cutis, skin and -ula, the diminutive suffix.<br />

cuticularis <strong>with</strong> a loose membrane covering or bark.<br />

cutispongius <strong>with</strong> a spongy membrane<br />

cyam-, cyamo-, cyamus Greek a bean, from cyamos, (cyamus) cyami m., Latin noun for the Egyptian bean,<br />

Nelumbium speciosum, also called colocasia.<br />

cyan-, cyane-, cyani-, cyano- from Greek dark blue, or referring to the color blue<br />

cyananthus blue-flowered, bearing blue flowers<br />

cyanus, cyaneus -a -um cyan'eus (sy-AN-ee-us) dark blue, (or clear, bright blue in one source), from Latin<br />

cyanus, blue colored from cyaneus, blue steel, azure, dark blue, for the flowers.<br />

cyanocarpus blue-fruited, from and Greek καρπός, karpos, fruit.<br />

cyanochilus having blue-lips<br />

cyanochrous on the color of a cornflower<br />

cyanoides resembling Centaurea cyanus, cornflower<br />

cyanophyllus <strong>with</strong> blue leaves<br />

Cyanthillium origin uncertain; probably Greek cyanos, blue, and anthyllion, little flower, referring to corollas<br />

cyath-, cyathus, -cyathus Greek a cup, referring to a cup.<br />

Cyatheaceae plants of the Cup or Tree-fern family, from the genus name, Cyathea, and -aceae, the standardized<br />

Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

cyatheoides cyathoidea-like, resembling Cup or Tree-fern, Cyathea

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