Nouns starting with C

• calabria — Noun – English ～ a region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot')
• calabura — Noun – English ～ a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
• Caladenia cairnsiana — Noun – English ～ orchid with reddish linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia
• 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

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