Nouns starting with C

• Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum — Noun – English ～ shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
• Ceratopteris pteridioides — Noun – English ～ aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
• class Pteridospermopsida — Noun – English ～ extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies
• Claudius Ptolemaeus — Noun – English ～ Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
• Cypripedium calceolus pubescens — Noun – English ～ plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers
• Cinchona pubescens — Noun – English ～ small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
• certified public accountant — Noun – English ～ an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state; "in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations"
• carrot pudding — Noun – English ～ pudding made with grated carrots
• Christmas pudding — Noun – English ～ a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake
• corn pudding — Noun – English ～ pudding made of corn and cream and egg
• chocolate pudding — Noun – English ～ sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
• cream puff — Noun – English ～ puff filled with cream or custard
• Calopogon pulchellum — Noun – English ～ an orchid
• Caesalpinia pulcherrima — Noun – English ～ tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
• cost-pull inflation — Noun – English ～ inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production
• cor pulmonale — Noun – English ～ enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — Noun – English ～ a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers
• Castanea pumila — Noun – English ～ shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
• centrifugal pump — Noun – English ～ a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe
• condensation pump — Noun – English ～ vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum

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