| cyrano de bergerac | (n) a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655), Syn. Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac |
| cyril | (n) Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869), Syn. Saint Cyril, St. Cyril |
| cyrilla | (n) shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage, Syn. Cyrilla racemiflora, white titi, leatherwood |
| cyrilliaceae | (n) shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia, Syn. titi family, family Cyrilliaceae, cyrilla family |
| cyrillic | (adj) relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages, Example: Cyrillic writing |
| cyrillic alphabet | (n) an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages), Syn. Cyrillic |
| cyrtomium | (n) small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae, Syn. genus Cyrtomium |
| cyrus | (n) Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC), Syn. Cyrus the Younger |
| cyrus ii | (n) king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC), Syn. Cyrus the Great, Cyrus the Elder |
| genus cyrilla | (n) one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit |
| glycyrrhiza | (n) sticky perennial Eurasian herbs, Syn. genus Glycyrrhiza |
| burt | (n) English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971), Syn. Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt |
| great st john's wort | (n) perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes, Syn. Hypericum pyramidatum, Hypericum ascyron |
| holly fern | (n) tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum, Syn. Cyrtomium aculeatum, Polystichum aculeatum |
| licorice | (n) deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots, Syn. liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra |
| licorice fern | (n) fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor, Syn. Polypodium glycyrrhiza |
| mccormick | (n) United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884), Syn. Cyrus McCormick, Cyrus Hall McCormick |
| parkinson | (n) British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993), Syn. Cyril Northcote Parkinson, C. Northcote Parkinson |
| wild licorice | (n) North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties, Syn. Glycyrrhiza lepidota, American licorice, American liquorice, wild liquorice |
| Cyrenaic | a. [ L. Cyrenaicus, fr. Cyrene, in Libya. ] Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene. -- n. A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Cyrenian | a. Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Cyrenian | n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Cyrene. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One of a school of philosophers, established at Cyrene by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. Their doctrines were nearly the same as those of the Epicureans. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Cyriologic | a. [ See Curiologic. ] Relating to capital letters. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Cyrtostyle | n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bent + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; pillar. ] (Arch.) A circular projecting portion. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glycyrrhiza | ‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; sweet + &unr_; root. Cf. Licorice. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Med.) The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glycyrrhizimic | a. (Chem.) From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glycyrrhizin | n. [ Cf. F. glycyrrhizine. See Glycyrrhiza. ] (Chem.) A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste. |
| キュレネ学派;キレネ学派 | [キュレネがくは(キュレネ学派);キレネがくは(キレネ学派), kyurene gakuha ( kyurene gakuha ); kirene gakuha ( kirene gakuha )] (n) Cyrenaic school (of philosophy) [Add to Longdo] |
| キリル | [kiriru] (n) Cyrillic; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| キリル文字 | [キリルもじ, kiriru moji] (n) Cyrillic character [Add to Longdo] |
| サイリックス | [sairikkusu] (n) { comp } Cyrix [Add to Longdo] |
| 丸葉萩 | [まるばはぎ;マルバハギ, marubahagi ; marubahagi] (n) (uk) leafy lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza cyrtobotrya) [Add to Longdo] |
| 山杜鵑;山杜鵑草 | [やまほととぎす, yamahototogisu] (n) (1) (山杜鵑 only) (uk) (See 時鳥) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains); (2) Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily) [Add to Longdo] |
| 杜鵑草;時鳥草;油点草 | [ほととぎす;ほととぎすそう;ホトトギス;ホトトギスソウ, hototogisu ; hototogisusou ; hototogisu ; hototogisusou] (n) (uk) toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta) [Add to Longdo] |
