Catharanthus
— Noun
– English
~ small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
Cathari
— Noun
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~ a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
Catharism
— Noun
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~ a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition
cathars
— Noun
– English
~ a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
catharsis
— Noun
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~ purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
catharsis
— Noun
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~ (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Cathartes aura
— Noun
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~ a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
cathartes
— Noun
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~ type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures
cathartic
— Adjective
– English
~ emotionally purging (of e.g. art)