| coccidae | (n) scale insects, Syn. family Coccidae |
| coccidia | (n) an order in the subclass Telosporidia, Syn. order Coccidia |
| coccid insect | (n) scale insects and mealybugs |
| coccidioidomycosis | (n) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules, Syn. desert rheumatism, valley fever, coccidiomycosis |
| coccidiosis | (n) (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia |
| coccidium | (n) parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates, Syn. eimeria |
| coccinellidae | (n) the ladybugs, Syn. family Coccinellidae |
| pseudococcidae | (n) scalelike insects: mealybugs, Syn. family Pseudococcidae |
| sarcoscypha coccinea | (n) 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. scarlet cup |
| blood cup | (n) a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp, Syn. Peziza coccinea, fairy cup |
| cape tulip | (n) 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. Haemanthus coccineus |
| chilean firebush | (n) grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers; Andes, Syn. Embothrium coccineum, Chilean flameflower |
| coccus | (n) any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria, Syn. cocci |
| coral vine | (n) prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania, Syn. Kennedia coccinea |
| lady's-eardrop | (n) erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers, Syn. Fuchsia coccinea, ladies'-eardrop, ladies'-eardrops, lady's-eardrops |
| painted daisy | (n) 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. Chrysanthemum coccineum, Tanacetum coccineum, pyrethrum |
| prairie mallow | (n) false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum, Syn. red false mallow, Sphaeralcea coccinea, Malvastrum coccineum |
| red haw | (n) American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers, Syn. Crataegus coccinea, Crataegus pedicellata |
| red haw | (n) American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs, Syn. Crataegus coccinea mollis, downy haw, Crataegus mollis |
| red morning-glory | (n) annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States, Syn. Ipomoea coccinea, star ipomoea |
| scarlet oak | (n) 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. Quercus coccinea |
| scarlet runner | (n) 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 bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Dutch case-knife bean, Phaseolus multiflorus, runner bean |
| staphylococcus | (n) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections, Syn. staph, staphylococci |
| streptococcal | (adj) of or relating to or caused by streptococci, Syn. streptococcic, strep |
| streptococcus | (n) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis, Syn. streptococci, strep |
| tassel flower | (n) tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia, Syn. Emilia javanica, Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea, Emilia coccinea, Emilia flammea |
| coccidioidomycosis | n. a disease of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| 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. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| 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. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| Cocciferous | a. [ L. coccum a berry + -ferous. See Coccus. ] Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Coccinella | ‖n. [ NL., fr. L. coccineus scarlet-colored. See Cochoneal. ] (Zool.) A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larvæ feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Coccinellidae | n. a natural family of insects including the ladybugs.
Syn. -- family Coccinellidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
