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<hw>Cy"mene</hw> <tt>(s?"m?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, <chform>CH3.C6H4.C3H7<chform>, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also <altname>paracymene</altname>, and formerly <altname>camphogen</altname>.</def>

<h1>Cymenol</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"me*nol</hw> <tt>(s?"m?-n?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Carvacrol</er>.</def>

<h1>Cymidine</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"mi*dine</hw> <tt>( s?"m?-d?n &or; -d?n; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A liquid organic base, <chform>C10H13.NH2</chform>, derived from cymene.</def>

<h1>Cymiferous</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*mif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(s?-m?f"?r-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cyme</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing cymes.</def>

<h1>Cymling, Cymbling</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw><hw>Cym"ling</hw>, <hw>Cymb"ling</hw> <tt>(s?m"l?ng)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.</def>

<h1>Cymogene</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"mo*gene</hw> <tt>(s?"m?-j?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures.</def>

<h1>Cymoid</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"moid</hw> <tt>(s?"moid)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cyme</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a cyme.</def>

<h1>Cymophane</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cym"o*phane</hw> <tt>(s?m"?-f?n &or; s?"m?-)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/<?/<?/ wave + <?/<?/<?/ To appear: cf. F. <ets>cymophane</ets>. So named in allusion to a peculiar opalescence often seen in it.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Chrysoberyl</er>.</def>

<h1>Cymophanous</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*moph"a*nous</hw> <tt>(s?-m?f"?-n?s &or; s?-)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.</def>

<h1>Cymose sms; 277, Cymous</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw><hw>Cy"mose</hw> <tt>(s?"m?s; 277)</tt>, <hw>Cy"mous</hw> <tt>(s?"m?s)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cymosus</ets> full of shoots: cf. FF. <ets>cymeux</ets>. See Cyme.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.</def>

<h1>Cymric</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cym"ric</hw> <tt>(k?m"r?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>Cymru</ets> Wales.]</ety> <def>Welsh.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The Welsh language.</def></def2> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Kymric</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cymry</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cym"ry</hw> <tt>(-r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W., <ets>pl</ets>.]</ety> <def>A collective term for the Welsh race; -- so called by themselves .</def> <altsp>[<asp>Written also Cymri</asp>, <asp>Cwmry</asp>, <asp>Kymry</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<h1>Cymule</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"mule</hw> <tt>(s?"m?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>cymula</ets> a tender sprout, dim. of <ets>cyna</ets>. See <er>Cyme</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small cyme, or one of very few flowers.</def>

<h1>Cynanche</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*nan"che</hw> <tt>(s?-n?n"k?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ a dog's collar, a bad kind of sore throat. Cf. <er>Quinsy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.</def>

<h1>Cynanthropy</h1> <Xpage=361>

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