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cabbage Tweet Definition of cabbage Like Definition of cabbage on Facebook
noun 
  1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaf, leaves.
  2. (uncountable) The leaf, leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
Cabbage is good for you.
  1. (offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
  1. (uncountable, slang) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
  2. (uncountable, slang) Money
verb (cabbag, ing)
  1. (intransitive) To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.
  2. (intransitive) To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
     
cacao Tweet Definition of cacao Like Definition of cacao on Facebook
noun 
  1. cacao tree
  2. cocoa bean
     
cactus Tweet Definition of cactus Like Definition of cactus on Facebook
noun (pl=cacti, pl2=cactuses)
  1. (botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
  2. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaf, leaves, including euphorbs.
adjective 
  1. (Australian slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted.
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Cade Tweet Definition of Cade Like Definition of Cade on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An English metonymic occupational surname for a cooper
  2. (given name, male) derived from the surname. Cade Calvert is a character in the novel Gone with the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchell.
     
calamus Tweet Definition of calamus Like Definition of calamus on Facebook
noun 
  1. sweet flag, acorus calamus
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices (Song of Solomon 4:12-14, KJV)
  1. a quill
     
California poppy Tweet Definition of California poppy Like Definition of California poppy on Facebook
noun 
  1. A popular flowering garden plant, Eschscholzia californica, native to the south-western United States.
     
calla Tweet Definition of calla Like Definition of calla on Facebook
noun 
  1. (botany) A South African marsh plant, of the genus Calla, having pale green flowers in a white spathe
     
camellia Tweet Definition of camellia Like Definition of camellia on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
     
campion Tweet Definition of campion Like Definition of campion on Facebook
noun 
  1. any flowering plant of the genus Lychnis.
  2. any flowering plant of the genus Silene.
     
cane Tweet Definition of cane Like Definition of cane on Facebook
noun 
  1. (uncountable) The slender, flexible stem of plants such as bamboo, reed, or the like.
  2. (uncountable) The plant itself.
  3. (uncountable) sugar cane.
  4. (countable) A short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment.
  5. (the cane; uncountable) Corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane.
The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
  1. (countable) A strong short staff used for support during walking by the disabled or infirm.
After breaking his leg, he needed to use a cane to walk.
  1. (countable) A long collapsible (and usually white for improved visibility) wooden, metal or plastic rod used by blind people to feel for obstacle, obstacles in their path.
verb (can, ing)
  1. (context, UK, slang) To strike or beat, notably with a cane or similar implement; to destroy.
  2. (context, UK, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
     
cantaloupe Tweet Definition of cantaloupe Like Definition of cantaloupe on Facebook
noun 
  1. (Europe) A type of melon, Cucumis melo cantaloupensis,. Also known as "true cantaloupe".
  2. A type of melon, Cucumis melo reticulatus , with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting. Also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
     
cape gooseberry Tweet Definition of cape gooseberry Like Definition of cape gooseberry on Facebook
noun 
  1. a tropical South American plant, Physalis peruviana, with a bright yellow, edible fruit
     
caper Tweet Definition of caper Like Definition of caper on Facebook
noun 
  1. A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
  2. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.
  3. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
  4. A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
  5. A crime (esp. theft) or a story about such a crime.
verb 
  1. To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
     
caprifig Tweet Definition of caprifig Like Definition of caprifig on Facebook
noun 
  1. A fig tree which produces both male and female flowers and is used to fertilize the female trees of the species.
  2. The accessory fruit of this tree, which is considered inedible by humans.
     
capsicum Tweet Definition of capsicum Like Definition of capsicum on Facebook
noun 
  1. any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, that are cultivated as edible peppers
  2. the fruit of these plants, the bell peppers
     
caraway Tweet Definition of caraway Like Definition of caraway on Facebook
noun 
  1. A biennial plant native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
  2. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
     
carnation Tweet Definition of carnation Like Definition of carnation on Facebook
noun 
  1. a type of flower, originally flesh-coloured, but now found in a variety of colours.
  2. (botany) a type of Eurasian plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) widely cultivated for its flowers.
  3. (colour) a rose, rosy pink colour; sometimes, a deep red colour.
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adjective 
  1. (colour) of a rosy pink or red colour.
     
carrot Tweet Definition of carrot Like Definition of carrot on Facebook
noun 
  1. A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, orange, sweet root.
     
cascara Tweet Definition of cascara Like Definition of cascara on Facebook
noun 
  1. A North American buckthorn, Rhamnus purshiana, whose bark is used as a laxative
     
cashew Tweet Definition of cashew Like Definition of cashew on Facebook
noun 
  1. A tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
  2. A cashew nut.
     
cassava Tweet Definition of cassava Like Definition of cassava on Facebook
noun 
  1. manioc, the source of tapioca
  2. A starchy pulp made with the roots of this tropical plant.
     
Cassiope Tweet Definition of Cassiope Like Definition of Cassiope on Facebook
proper noun (wikipedia, Cassiopeia)
  1. (greekmyth): Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Eritrea. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
  2. (constellation): A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus.
     
castor bean Tweet Definition of castor bean Like Definition of castor bean on Facebook
noun 
  1. the seed of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis; used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin
     
catnip Tweet Definition of catnip Like Definition of catnip on Facebook
noun 
  1. (botany) Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus w:Nepeta, Nepeta, family w:Lamiaceae, Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
  2. Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
Some cats go bonkers over ; others ignore it.
  1. Welcomely refreshing or rejuvenating.
''Her phone call was to my ears.
     
cauliflower Tweet Definition of cauliflower Like Definition of cauliflower on Facebook
noun 
  1. An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
  2. The edible head or "curd" of a cauliflower plant.
     
Cedar Tweet Definition of Cedar Like Definition of Cedar on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (computing) A programming language.
     
celandine Tweet Definition of celandine Like Definition of celandine on Facebook
noun 
  1. Either of two unrelated flowering plants
  1. The greater celandine
  2. The lesser celandine
     
celeriac Tweet Definition of celeriac Like Definition of celeriac on Facebook
noun 
  1. a form of celery, Apium graveolens, having an aromatic taproot eaten as a vegetable
     
celery Tweet Definition of celery Like Definition of celery on Facebook
noun (celeries)
  1. A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
  2. (uncountable) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
     
cereal Tweet Definition of cereal Like Definition of cereal on Facebook
noun (countable and uncountable; plural cereals)
  1. (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
  2. (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
  3. (uncountable) Breakfast cereal; (countable) a particular type of breakfast cereal.
(uncountable): Would you like some cereal?
(countable): Which cereal would you like for breakfast?
     
chard Tweet Definition of chard Like Definition of chard on Facebook
noun 
  1. Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.
  2. (uncountable) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris var. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste
     
chayote Tweet Definition of chayote Like Definition of chayote on Facebook
noun 
  1. A tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.
  2. The fruit of this plant.
     
cherimoya Tweet Definition of cherimoya Like Definition of cherimoya on Facebook
noun 
  1. A subtropical tree, scientific name Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas South America
  2. A conical fruit with white flesh, distinguished by its irregular pattern on the skin, the fruit of the cherimoya (defn 1.) tree, also known as a custard apple in some regions.
     
cherry Tweet Definition of cherry Like Definition of cherry on Facebook
noun (cherr, ies)
  1. a small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
  2. a tree or shrub that bears cherries.
  3. the wood of a cherry tree.
  4. (colour) a bright red color, colour
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    1. (slang) virginity, particularly of a woman.
adjective 
  1. containing or having the taste of cherries.
  2. (colour) of a bright red colour.
  3. (informal, often, of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.
     
chervil Tweet Definition of chervil Like Definition of chervil on Facebook
noun 
  1. A leafy herb, resembling parsley with a mild flavour of anise.
     
chestnut Tweet Definition of chestnut Like Definition of chestnut on Facebook
noun (plural chestnuts)
  1. A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
  2. The nut of this tree or shrub.
  3. A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
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    1. A reddish-brown horse.
    2. The wood of a chestnut tree.
    3. (Often "old chestnut") a worn-out meme; a work so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.
    4. A part of a horse found on the inner leg, similar to a birthmark on a human.
adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
  1. (colour) of a deep reddish brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
     
chia Tweet Definition of chia Like Definition of chia on Facebook
noun 
  1. a Mexican plant, Salvia columbariae, related to mint; it has blue flowers and edible seeds
     
chickpea Tweet Definition of chickpea Like Definition of chickpea on Facebook
noun 
  1. An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods.
  2. A seed of this plant, often used as a food.
     
chickweed Tweet Definition of chickweed Like Definition of chickweed on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria
     
chickweed wintergreen Tweet Definition of chickweed wintergreen Like Definition of chickweed wintergreen on Facebook
noun 
  1. Trientalis europaea; a plant in the Primulaceae family
     
chicory Tweet Definition of chicory Like Definition of chicory on Facebook
noun 
  1. Either of two plants of the Asteracaea family: true chicory (Cichorium intybus) and endive (Cichorium endivia)
     
chili Tweet Definition of chili Like Definition of chili on Facebook
noun (pl=chilis, pl2=chilies)
  1. The spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with Mexican, Indian and Tex-Mex cuisine.
     
chili pepper Tweet Definition of chili pepper Like Definition of chili pepper on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, noted for their spicy and burning flavor due to presence of capsaicin. Not all chili peppers are particularly spicy but all true chili peppers contain some (in contrast to the bell pepper which is not a true chili pepper and does not).
     
chive Tweet Definition of chive Like Definition of chive on Facebook
noun 
  1. A plant that is perennial (Latin Allium schoenoprasum), related to the onion.
  2. (in plural chives) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
     
chrysanthemum Tweet Definition of chrysanthemum Like Definition of chrysanthemum on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate
    1. Adjective, radiate heads
     
chufa Tweet Definition of chufa Like Definition of chufa on Facebook
noun 
  1. a European sedge of the genus Cyperus having small edible tubers
     
cilantro Tweet Definition of cilantro Like Definition of cilantro on Facebook
noun 
  1. (italbrac, herb) the leaves of the coriander plant.
     
cinchona Tweet Definition of cinchona Like Definition of cinchona on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any of several South American trees, of the genus Cinchona, cultivated for its medicinal bark.
    • 2001: German chemists were the first to isolate pure drug chemicals from herbal medicines, with the isolation of morphine from crude opium in 1803 and quinine from the bark of the tree in 1820. " Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 8)
      1. The bark of these trees, that yields quinine alkaloids used to treat malaria.
     
cinnamon Tweet Definition of cinnamon Like Definition of cinnamon on Facebook
noun 
  1. (countable) a tropical Asian tree with an aromatic bark.
  2. (uncountable) a spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder.
  3. (countable) a yellowish-brown color, colour, the color of cinnamon.
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adjective 
  1. containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
  2. of a yellowish-brown colour.
     
citron Tweet Definition of citron Like Definition of citron on Facebook
noun 
  1. (colour) a greenish yellow colour.
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    1. a small citrus tree, Citrus medica
    2. the fruit of a citron tree.
    3. the candied rind of the citron fruit.
adjective 
  1. (colour) of a greenish yellow colour.
     
citronella Tweet Definition of citronella Like Definition of citronella on Facebook
noun 
  1. A tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon nardus, that has lemon-scented leaves
  2. An essential oil obtained from this plant
     
citrus Tweet Definition of citrus Like Definition of citrus on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any of several shrubs or trees of the family Rutaceae
  2. The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin called zest, an inner white skin, and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.
adjective 
  1. of, or relating to citrus plants or fruit
     
cleavers Tweet Definition of cleavers Like Definition of cleavers on Facebook
noun 
  1. (plural of, cleaver)
     
clementine Tweet Definition of clementine Like Definition of clementine on Facebook
noun 
  1. A cross between a tangerine and Seville orange.
     
cloudberry Tweet Definition of cloudberry Like Definition of cloudberry on Facebook
noun (cloudberr, ies)
  1. A species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus.
  2. The fruit of these plants.
     
clove Tweet Definition of clove Like Definition of clove on Facebook
noun (plural cloves)
  1. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.
  2. any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic
  3. an old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds; half a stone.
Quotations
  • 1866: By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts. &mdash; James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 169.
verb 
  1. Past participle of cleave
     
clover Tweet Definition of clover Like Definition of clover on Facebook
noun 
  1. A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
     
club moss Tweet Definition of club moss Like Definition of club moss on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Lycopodiaceae, that resemble mosses and produce spores.
     
coca Tweet Definition of coca Like Definition of coca on Facebook
noun 
  1. The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca).
     
cockscomb Tweet Definition of cockscomb Like Definition of cockscomb on Facebook
noun 
  1. The fleshy red crest of a rooster
  2. A red cap once worn by court jesters
  3. An annual garden plant, Celosia cristata, having showy red clusters of flowers
  1. (archaic) A conceited dandy
  2. (nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed
     
cockspur Tweet Definition of cockspur Like Definition of cockspur on Facebook
noun 
  1. The spur of a gamecock
  2. Any of several unrelated thorny shrubs
     
coco Tweet Definition of coco Like Definition of coco on Facebook
noun 
  1. coconut palm
  2. coconut
adjective 
  1. Of a chocolate-like nature. Containing or flavoured like chocolate.
     
Cocoa Tweet Definition of Cocoa Like Definition of Cocoa on Facebook
proper noun (wikipedia, Cocoa (API))
  1. (computing) an object-oriented programming API for Mac OS X
     
cocoa bean Tweet Definition of cocoa bean Like Definition of cocoa bean on Facebook
noun 
  1. seed of the cacao plant; used to make chocolate, cocoa and cocoa butter
     
coconut Tweet Definition of coconut Like Definition of coconut on Facebook
noun 
  1. The fruit of the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  2. The hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  3. The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  4. The coconut palm.
  5. (pejorative) A Hispanic person who acts "white" (Western).
  6. (context, New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander.
     
coffee Tweet Definition of coffee Like Definition of coffee on Facebook
noun 
  1. A beverage made by infuse, infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
  2. A serving of the beverage coffee
We"d like three coffees on this table please
  1. The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed "beans" due to their shape.
  2. A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
  3. (colour) A pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
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adjective 
  1. (colour) Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
     
cohosh Tweet Definition of cohosh Like Definition of cohosh on Facebook
noun 
  1. A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine.
     
Cole Tweet Definition of Cole Like Definition of Cole on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An English surname, possibly a nickname from col, Old English "charcoal,coal-black".
  2. A male given name derived from the surname.
     
coleus Tweet Definition of coleus Like Definition of coleus on Facebook
noun 
  1. A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.
     
colewort Tweet Definition of colewort Like Definition of colewort on Facebook
noun 
  1. An alternative word for kale (cf., cole, coleslaw).
     
collard Tweet Definition of collard Like Definition of collard on Facebook
noun 
  1. A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea (variety acephala)
     
composite Tweet Definition of composite Like Definition of composite on Facebook
noun 
  1. A mixture of different components.
  2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  3. (botany) A plant belonging to the family Compositae.
  4. (mathematics) A function of a function.
verb (composit, ing)
  1. To make a composite.
I composited an image using computer software.
adjective 
  1. Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  2. (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  3. (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
  4. (botany) Being a member of the Compositae family (now known as Asteraceae).
     
conifer Tweet Definition of conifer Like Definition of conifer on Facebook
noun 
  1. (botany) a plant belonging to the conifers; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
     
cordon Tweet Definition of cordon Like Definition of cordon on Facebook
noun 
  1. (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
  2. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
  3. (Cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully.
  4. (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.
verb (cordon, ed)
  1. (context, with "off") To form a around an area in order to prevent movement in or out.
     
coriander Tweet Definition of coriander Like Definition of coriander on Facebook
noun 
  1. The annual herb Coriandrum sativum: used in many cuisines, particularly Asian, Mediterranean, and Mexican. The leaves have a very different flavour to the seeds. Both are used, depending upon local taste. In the :wikipedia:United States, US, when the leaves are used fresh (not dried), the plant is called cilantro. Dried leaves and seeds, however, are coriander.
     
Cork Tweet Definition of Cork Like Definition of Cork on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Principal city of County Cork.
  2. County in the Republic of Ireland. (County Cork)
     
corn Tweet Definition of corn Like Definition of corn on Facebook
noun 
  1. (archaic) A grain or seed.
  2. (uncountable) The grain obtained from a plant, especially of cereal crops.<ref>(cite web , title = Corn , publisher = Oxford University Press , work = Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary , url = http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl?search_word=corn)</ref><ref>(cite web , title = Corn , publisher = Merriam-Webster Incorporated , work = Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn(/i))</ref>
  3. (uncountable) A cereal plant grown for its grain (locally denoting the leading crop of that district, i.e. oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, wheat, barley etc. in England and Wales, maize in the Americas).<ref>(cite web , title = Corn , publisher = Oxford University Press , work = Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary , url = http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl?search_word=corn)</ref><ref>(cite web , title = Corn , publisher = Merriam-Webster Incorporated , work = Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn(/i))</ref>
  1. (US, uncountable) maize, Maize.
    1. (context, US, Canada) Sweetcorn<ref>(cite web , title = Corn , publisher = Merriam-Webster Incorporated , work = Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn)</ref><ref>(cite web , title = Sweetcorn , publisher = Oxford University Press , work = Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary , url = http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl?search_word=sweetcorn(/i))</ref> (Zea mays var. rugosa).<ref>(cite web , title = Sweetorn , publisher = Merriam-Webster Incorporated , work = Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweetcorn(/i))</ref>
verb 
  1. (context, US, Canada) To granulate - form a substance into grains.
  2. (context, US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. Corned beef.
  3. (context, US, Canada) To provide with corn (typically maize) for feed. e.g. Corn the horses.
     
cornel Tweet Definition of cornel Like Definition of cornel on Facebook
noun 
  1. (botany) Any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, i.e., dogwood, especially C. mas, the w:European cornel.
  2. The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible, often termed a cornelian cherry or cornel cherry.
     
cornflower Tweet Definition of cornflower Like Definition of cornflower on Facebook
noun 
  1. A small annual species of aster, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
  2. (colour) a blue colour, as that of the cornflower.
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adjective 
  1. (colour) of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower.
     
Cos Tweet Definition of Cos Like Definition of Cos on Facebook
proper noun or Kos
  1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece.
     
cosmos Tweet Definition of cosmos Like Definition of cosmos on Facebook
noun 
  1. The universe
  2. An ordered, harmonious whole
  3. Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves
     
costard Tweet Definition of costard Like Definition of costard on Facebook
noun 
  1. (British) a large cooking apple
     
cotton Tweet Definition of cotton Like Definition of cotton on Facebook
noun 
  1. A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
  2. The textile that is harvested from the cotton plant.
adjective 
  1. Made of cotton.
     
cottonseed Tweet Definition of cottonseed Like Definition of cottonseed on Facebook
noun 
  1. The seed of the cotton plant
     
cottonwood Tweet Definition of cottonwood Like Definition of cottonwood on Facebook
noun 
  1. A number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses.
     
cowberry Tweet Definition of cowberry Like Definition of cowberry on Facebook
noun (cowberries)
  1. A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
  2. The berry of that shrub.
     
cowpea Tweet Definition of cowpea Like Definition of cowpea on Facebook
noun 
  1. the black-eyed pea
     
cowslip Tweet Definition of cowslip Like Definition of cowslip on Facebook
noun Cowslip
  1. A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.
     
crab Tweet Definition of crab Like Definition of crab on Facebook
noun 
  1. A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
  2. A bad-tempered person.
  3. (context, in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice.
  4. (slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
verb (crabs, crabbing, crabbed)
  1. (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
  2. (intransitive) To complain.
  3. (intransitive) (by analogy with the movement of a crab) Of an aircraft, such as a glider, to move sideways.
  4. (transitive) (by analogy with the movement of a crab) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g., a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
  5. (context, obsolete) In World War 1, to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
  6. (rare) To back out of something.
     
cranberry Tweet Definition of cranberry Like Definition of cranberry on Facebook
noun (cranberr, ies)
  1. A shrub belonging to the Vaccinium family, Vaccinium oxycoccus, with a number of subspecies.
  2. The red berry of that shrub.
     
crape myrtle Tweet Definition of crape myrtle Like Definition of crape myrtle on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms. Also crepe myrtle.
     
cress Tweet Definition of cress Like Definition of cress on Facebook
noun 
  1. (botany) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
     
crocus Tweet Definition of crocus Like Definition of crocus on Facebook
noun (plural crocuses or croci)
  1. (botany) A perennial flowering plant (of the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.
  2. (botany) Some similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus.
     
croton Tweet Definition of croton Like Definition of croton on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil
  2. A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant
  3. (New York City), (historical) The main water supply pipe to a building or apartment, from the w:Croton-on-Hudson, New York, Croton River, dams, reservoirs and w:Croton Aqueduct, aquaduct supplying New York City with water.
     
crowberry Tweet Definition of crowberry Like Definition of crowberry on Facebook
noun (crowberries)
  1. Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
  2. A fruit of such plant.
     
cube Tweet Definition of cube Like Definition of cube on Facebook
noun (rfc, a DIV in wikitext? Shame, shame.)
<div style="float:right;;width:120px"> </div>
  1. (geometry) A polyhedron having of six identical square faces.
  2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
a sugar
a stock
  1. (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
     
cubeb Tweet Definition of cubeb Like Definition of cubeb on Facebook
noun 
  1. The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
     
cucumber Tweet Definition of cucumber Like Definition of cucumber on Facebook
noun 
  1. A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
  2. The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
     
cucurbitaceous Tweet Definition of cucurbitaceous Like Definition of cucurbitaceous on Facebook
adjective 
  1. Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
    • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
    • :On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such improbabilities as Ernest Pudding"s Gourd Surprise
     
cumin Tweet Definition of cumin Like Definition of cumin on Facebook
noun 
  1. A flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.
  2. A spice derived from this plant, used in Indian and Mexican cookery.
     
curare Tweet Definition of curare Like Definition of curare on Facebook
noun 
  1. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
     
currant Tweet Definition of currant Like Definition of currant on Facebook
noun 
  1. A small dried grape.
  2. The fruit of various bushes of the genus Ribes, either white, black or red.
  3. A bush bearing such fruit.
     
cycad Tweet Definition of cycad Like Definition of cycad on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceae, as the sago palm, etc.
     
cyclamen Tweet Definition of cyclamen Like Definition of cyclamen on Facebook
noun 
  1. Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers
     
cypress Tweet Definition of cypress Like Definition of cypress on Facebook
noun (plural: cypresses)
  1. An evergreen coniferous tree with flatterned shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning.
     

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