Nouns starting with C

• Chinese gooseberry — Noun – English ～ climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
• cape gooseberry — Noun – English ～ annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
• Crna Gora — Noun – English ～ a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro
• Charles Francois Gounod — Noun – English ～ French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893)
• Cupressus goveniana abramsiana — Noun – English ～ rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species
• Cupressus goveniana — Noun – English ～ small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress
• campaign for governor — Noun – English ～ a race for election to the governorship
• coup de grace — Noun – English ～ the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
• Cheilanthes gracillima — Noun – English ～ small tufted fern of northwestern America
• concentration gradient — Noun – English ～ a gradient in concentration of a solute as a function of distance through a solution; "the movement of a solute down its concentration gradient is called diffusion"
• coronary artery bypass graft — Noun – English ～ open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
• corneal graft — Noun – English ～ a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor
• Cerapteryx graminis — Noun – English ～ European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands
• concert grand — Noun – English ～ a grand piano suitable for concert performances
• Carissa grandiflora — Noun – English ～ very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves
• Calamintha grandiflora — Noun – English ～ aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran
• Clinopodium grandiflorum — Noun – English ～ aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran
• Cardiospermum grandiflorum — Noun – English ～ herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa
• Cassia grandis — Noun – English ～ tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental
• Citrus grandis — Noun – English ～ southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits

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