caryatid
— Noun
– English
~ a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
Caryocar
— Noun
– English
~ type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts
Caryocaraceae
— Noun
– English
~ small genus of tropical South American trees
Caryophyllaceae
— Noun
– English
~ large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
caryophyllaceous
— Adjective
– English
~ of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllales
— Noun
– English
~ corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
Caryophyllidae
— Noun
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~ a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder
caryopsis
— Noun
– English
~ dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
casaba
— Noun
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~ melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh
casablanca
— Noun
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~ a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
casals
— Noun
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~ an outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973)
Casanova
— Noun
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~ any man noted for his amorous adventures
Casanova
— Noun
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~ an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798)
casava
— Noun
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~ any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
casbah
— Noun
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~ an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located
cascabel
— Noun
– English
~ a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh
cascade
— Verb
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~ arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
cascade
— Verb
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~ rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
cascade
— Noun
– English
~ a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"