Nouns in english starting with C

• caladenia — Noun – English ～ any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia
• caladium — Noun – English ～ any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red
• Caladium bicolor — Noun – English ～ most popular caladium; cultivated in many varieties since the late 19th century
• calais — Noun – English ～ a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
• calamagrostis — Noun – English ～ reed grass
• Calamagrostis acutiflora — Noun – English ～ a variety of reed grass
• calamari — Noun – English ～ (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
• calamary — Noun – English ～ (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
• calamine — Noun – English ～ a white mineral; a common ore of zinc
• calamint — Noun – English ～ perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America
• Calamintha — Noun – English ～ calamint
• calamity — Noun – English ～ an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
• Calamus australis — Noun – English ～ tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
• calamus — Noun – English ～ the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
• calamus — Noun – English ～ perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
• calamus — Noun – English ～ the hollow spine of a feather
• calamus — Noun – English ～ any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
• Calamus — Noun – English ～ a genus of Sparidae
• calan — Noun – English ～ a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
• Calandrinia — Noun – English ～ large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers

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