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Cocci
(gcide) | Coccus \Coc"cus\, n.; pl. Cocci. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grain, seed.
See Cochineal.]
1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale
insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
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3. (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
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cocci
(wn) | cocci
n 1: any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: coccus,
cocci] |
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cocci
(encz) | cocci, |
coccid insect
(encz) | coccid insect, n: |
coccidioidomycosis
(encz) | coccidioidomycosis, n: |
coccidiomycosis
(encz) | coccidiomycosis, n: |
coccidiosis
(encz) | coccidiosis, n: |
coccidium
(encz) | coccidium, n: |
order coccidia
(encz) | order Coccidia, n: |
staphylococci
(encz) | staphylococci, |
streptococci
(encz) | streptococci,streptokok n: Zdeněk Brož |
streptococcic
(encz) | streptococcic, adj: |
Ascococci
(gcide) | Ascococcus \As`co*coc"cus\, n.; pl. Ascococci. [NL., fr. Gr.
'asko`s bladder, bag + ? kernel.] (Biol.)
A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions,
occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a
hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical
micrococci.
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Castilleia coccinea
(gcide) | Painted \Paint"ed\, a.
1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
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As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted
turtle; painted bunting.
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Painted beauty (Zool.), a handsome American butterfly
(Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,
Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs
(Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually
bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.
Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and
is common in meadows.
Painted finch. See Nonpareil.
Painted lady (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
Thistle butterfly.
Painted turtle (Zool.), a common American freshwater
tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow
markings beneath.
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coccidia
(gcide) | coccidium \coccidium\ n.; pl. coccidia. (Microbiol.)
any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, parasitic on the
digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a
problem in poultry rearing.
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coccidioidomycosis
(gcide) | coccidioidomycosis \coccidioidomycosis\ n.
a disease of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive
sputum and nodules.
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coccidiosis
(gcide) | coccidiosis \coccidiosis\ n. (Med.)
any of a group of infectious diseases caused by protozoan
parasites (coccidia) of the order Coccidia, which infect
the intestines of birds, dogs, and other vertebrates.
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coccidium
(gcide) | coccidium \coccidium\ n.; pl. coccidia. (Microbiol.)
any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, parasitic on the
digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a
problem in poultry rearing.
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Cocciferous
(gcide) | Cocciferous \Coc*cif"er*ous\, a. [L. coccum a berry + -ferous.
See Coccus.]
Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous
trees or plants.
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Coccinella
(gcide) | Coccinella \Coc`ci*nel"la\, n. [NL., fr. L. coccineus
scarlet-colored. See Cochoneal.] (Zool.)
A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their
larv[ae] feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great
benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs.
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Coccinella seplempunctata
(gcide) | Ladybird \La"dy*bird`\, n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus
Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellid[ae]); --
called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly,
ladybeetle, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata
in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.
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Note: The ladybirds are usually more or less hemispherical in
form, with a smooth, polished surface, and often
colored red, brown, or black, with small spots of
brighter colors. Both the larvae and the adult beetles
of most species feed on aphids, and for this reason
they are very beneficial to agriculture and
horticulture.
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Coccinellidae
(gcide) | Coccinellidae \Coccinellidae\ n.
a natural family of insects including the ladybugs.
Syn: family Coccinellidae.
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Cytococci
(gcide) | Cytococcus \Cy`to*coc"cus\ (-k?k"k?s), n.; pl. Cytococci
(-s?). [NL., fr. Gr. ky`tos hollow vessel + ???? kernel.]
(Biol.)
The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell. --H[ae]ckel.
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Diplococci
(gcide) | Diplococcus \Dip`lo*coc"cus\, n.; pl. Diplococci. [NL., fr.
Gr. diplo`os twofold + ko`kkos grain, seed.] (Biol.)
A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary
manner. See Micrococcus.
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Fuchsia coccinea
(gcide) | Ladies' eardrops \La"dies' ear`drops`\n. (Bot.)
The small-flowered Fuchsia (Fuchsia coccinea), and other
closely related species.
[1913 Webster]lady's-eardrop \lady's-eardrop\, n. (Bot.)
An erect or climbing shrub (Fuchsia coccinea) of Brazil
with deep pink to red flowers.
Syn: ladies'-eardrop, lady's-eardrops, ladies'-eardrops,
Fuchsia coccinea.
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Micrococci
(gcide) | Micrococcus \Mi`cro*coc"cus\, n.; pl. Micrococci. [NL. See
Micro-, and Coccus.] (Biol.)
A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small
globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division,
filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single
organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without
the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus.
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Note: Physiologically, micrococci are divided into three
groups; chromogenic, characterized by their power of
forming pigment; zymogenic, including those associated
with definite chemical processes; and pathogenic, those
connected with disease.
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Ovococci
(gcide) | Ovococcus \O`vo*coc"cus\, n.; pl. Ovococci. [Ovum + Gr. ?
grain, seed.] (Biol.)
A germinal vesicle.
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Quercus coccifera
(gcide) | Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
[1913 Webster]Kermes \Ker"mes\, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See Crimson, and cf.
Alkermes.]
1. (Zool.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect
(Kermes ilices formerly Coccus ilicis), allied to the
cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near
the Mediterranean; also, the dye obtained from them. They
are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring
matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They
were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and
were used in medicine. [Written also chermes.]
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2. (Bot.) A small European evergreen oak ({Quercus
coccifera}) on which the kermes insect (Kermes ilices,
formerly Coccus ilicis) feeds. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ.
Plants).
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3. (Zool.) [NL.] A genus of scale insects including many
species that feed on oaks. The adult female resembles a
small gall.
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Kermes mineral.
(a) (Old Chem.) An artificial amorphous trisulphide of
antimony; -- so called on account of its red color.
(b) (Med. Chem.) A compound of the trioxide and
trisulphide of antimony, used in medicine. This
substance occurs in nature as the mineral kermesite.
[1913 Webster]Cochineal \Coch"i*neal\ (k[o^]ch"[i^]*n[=e]l; 277), [Sp.
cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr.
coccum the kermes berry, G. ko`kkos berry, especially the
kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was
formerly supposed to be the grain or seed of a plant, and
this word was formerly defined to be the grain of the
Quercus coccifera; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla wood louse,
dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig.]
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the
Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America,
etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. {Opuntia
cochinellifera}.
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Note: These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by
the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry.
When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds,
of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of
the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also
as a red dye.
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Note: Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter
carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which
yields carmine red.
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Quercus coccinea
(gcide) | Scarlet \Scar"let\, a.
Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
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Scarlet admiral (Zool.), the red admiral. See under Red.
-- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus
multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.
Scarlet fever (Med.), a contagious febrile disease
characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet
rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in
desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.
Scarlet fish (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called from
its red color. See under Telescope.
Scarlet ibis (Zool.) See under Ibis.
Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple.
Scarlet mite (Zool.), any one of numerous species of bright
red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss,
especially Thombidium holosericeum and allied species.
The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.
Scarlet oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus coccinea)
of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color
of its leaves in autumn.
Scarlet runner (Bot.), the scarlet bean.
Scarlet tanager. (Zool.) See under Tanager.
[1913 Webster]Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Streptococci
(gcide) | Streptococcus \Strep`to*coc"cus\, n.; pl. Streptococci. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ? pliant, curved + ? a grain, seed.] (Biol.)
A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.
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chrysanthemum coccineum
(wn) | Chrysanthemum coccineum
n 1: spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having
finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple
flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in
genus Chrysanthemum [syn: painted daisy, pyrethrum,
Tanacetum coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum] |
cocci
(wn) | cocci
n 1: any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: coccus,
cocci] |
coccid insect
(wn) | coccid insect
n 1: scale insects and mealybugs |
coccidae
(wn) | Coccidae
n 1: scale insects [syn: Coccidae, family Coccidae] |
coccidia
(wn) | Coccidia
n 1: an order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: Coccidia,
order Coccidia] |
coccidioidomycosis
(wn) | coccidioidomycosis
n 1: an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by
excessive sputum and nodules [syn: coccidioidomycosis,
coccidiomycosis, valley fever, desert rheumatism] |
coccidiomycosis
(wn) | coccidiomycosis
n 1: an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by
excessive sputum and nodules [syn: coccidioidomycosis,
coccidiomycosis, valley fever, desert rheumatism] |
coccidiosis
(wn) | coccidiosis
n 1: (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia |
coccidium
(wn) | coccidium
n 1: parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and
higher invertebrates [syn: coccidium, eimeria] |
coccinellidae
(wn) | Coccinellidae
n 1: the ladybugs [syn: Coccinellidae, family Coccinellidae] |
crataegus coccinea
(wn) | Crataegus coccinea
n 1: American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-
red flowers [syn: red haw, Crataegus pedicellata,
Crataegus coccinea] |
crataegus coccinea mollis
(wn) | Crataegus coccinea mollis
n 1: American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely
covered with short woolly hairs [syn: red haw, {downy
haw}, Crataegus mollis, Crataegus coccinea mollis] |
embothrium coccineum
(wn) | Embothrium coccineum
n 1: grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-
crimson flowers; Andes [syn: Chilean firebush, {Chilean
flameflower}, Embothrium coccineum] |
emilia coccinea
(wn) | Emilia coccinea
n 1: tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower
heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia [syn: {tassel
flower}, Emilia coccinea, Emilia javanica, {Emilia
flammea}, Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea] |
family coccidae
(wn) | family Coccidae
n 1: scale insects [syn: Coccidae, family Coccidae] |
family coccinellidae
(wn) | family Coccinellidae
n 1: the ladybugs [syn: Coccinellidae, family Coccinellidae] |
family pseudococcidae
(wn) | family Pseudococcidae
n 1: scalelike insects: mealybugs [syn: Pseudococcidae,
family Pseudococcidae] |
fuchsia coccinea
(wn) | Fuchsia coccinea
n 1: erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red
flowers [syn: lady's-eardrop, ladies'-eardrop,
lady's-eardrops, ladies'-eardrops, Fuchsia coccinea] |
haemanthus coccineus
(wn) | Haemanthus coccineus
n 1: spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in
reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow
stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
[syn: Cape tulip, Haemanthus coccineus] |
ipomoea coccinea
(wn) | Ipomoea coccinea
n 1: annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United
States [syn: red morning-glory, star ipomoea, {Ipomoea
coccinea}] |
kennedia coccinea
(wn) | Kennedia coccinea
n 1: prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves
and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania [syn:
coral vine, Kennedia coccinea] |
malvastrum coccineum
(wn) | Malvastrum coccineum
n 1: false mallow of western United States having racemose red
flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum [syn:
prairie mallow, red false mallow, {Sphaeralcea
coccinea}, Malvastrum coccineum] |
order coccidia
(wn) | order Coccidia
n 1: an order in the subclass Telosporidia [syn: Coccidia,
order Coccidia] |
peziza coccinea
(wn) | Peziza coccinea
n 1: a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp [syn:
blood cup, fairy cup, Peziza coccinea] |
phaseolus coccineus
(wn) | Phaseolus coccineus
n 1: tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black
beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a
preferred food bean in Great Britain [syn: {scarlet
runner}, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean,
runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, {Phaseolus
multiflorus}] |
pseudococcidae
(wn) | Pseudococcidae
n 1: scalelike insects: mealybugs [syn: Pseudococcidae,
family Pseudococcidae] |
quercus coccinea
(wn) | Quercus coccinea
n 1: medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the
eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-
grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet
in autumn [syn: scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea] |
sarcoscypha coccinea
(wn) | Sarcoscypha coccinea
n 1: a discomycete that is a harbinger of spring; the fruiting
body is thin and tough and saucer-shaped (about the size of
quarter to a half dollar) with a deep bright red upper
surface and a whitish exterior [syn: {Sarcoscypha
coccinea}, scarlet cup] |
sphaeralcea coccinea
(wn) | Sphaeralcea coccinea
n 1: false mallow of western United States having racemose red
flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum [syn:
prairie mallow, red false mallow, {Sphaeralcea
coccinea}, Malvastrum coccineum] |
staphylococci
(wn) | staphylococci
n 1: spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to
form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or
infections [syn: staphylococcus, staphylococci,
staph] |
streptococci
(wn) | streptococci
n 1: spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or
chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis [syn:
streptococcus, streptococci, strep] |
streptococcic
(wn) | streptococcic
adj 1: of or relating to or caused by streptococci [syn:
streptococcal, streptococcic, strep] |
tanacetum coccineum
(wn) | Tanacetum coccineum
n 1: spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having
finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple
flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in
genus Chrysanthemum [syn: painted daisy, pyrethrum,
Tanacetum coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum] |
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