Cynosure Cy"no·sure noun [ Latin Cynosura theconstellation Cynosure, Greek ............... dog's tail, the constellation Cynosure; ............, ............, dog + ............ tail. See Cynic .] 1. The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.

2. That which serves to direct. Southey.

3. Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.

Where perhaps some beauty lies,
The cynosure of neighboring eyes.
Milton.

Cyon Cy"on noun See Cion , and Scion .

Cyperaceous Cyp`er·a"ceous adjective (Botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type.

Cyperus Cyp"e·rus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ............ sedge.] (Botany) A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus.

Cypher Cy"pher noun & v. See Cipher .

Cyphonautes Cyph`o·nau"tes noun [ New Latin , from Greek ......... bent + ............ sailor.] (Zoology) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa.

Cyphonism Cyph"o·nism noun [ Greek ............, from ............ a crooked piece of wood, a sort of pillory, from ......... bent, stooping.] A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations.

Cypres Cy`pres" noun [ Old French , nearly.] (Law) A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law. Mozley & W.

Cypress Cy"press noun ; plural Cypresses (-...z). [ Middle English cipres , cipresse , Old French cipres , F. cypr...s , Latin cupressus , cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus ), from Greek ............, perhaps of Semitic origin; confer Hebrew g...pher , Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot) A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus . The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.

» Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental cypress, Cupressus sempervirens , the evergreen American cypress, C. thyoides (now called Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea ), and the deciduous American cypress, Taxodium distichum . As having anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs, the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and sadness.

Cypress vine (Botany) , a climbing plant with red or white flowers ( Ipotœa Quamoclit , formerly Quamoclit vulgaris ).

Cyprian Cyp"ri·an adjective [ Latin Cyprius , from Cyprus , Greek ............, an island in the Mediterranean, renowned for the worship of Venus.] 1. Belonging to Cyprus.

2. Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness.

Cyprian Cyp"ri·an noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.

2. A lewd woman; a harlot.

Cyprine Cyp"rine adjective [ Confer Cypress .] Of or pertaining to the cypress.

Cyprine Cyp"rine adjective [ See Cyprinoid .] (Zoology) Cyprinoid.

Cyprinodont Cy·prin"o·dont noun [ Greek ............ kind of carp + ............, ............, a tooth.] (Zoology) One of the Cyprinodontidae , a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow .

Cyprinoid Cyp"ri·noid adjective [ Greek ............ a kind of carp + -oid .] (Zoology) Like the carp ( Cyprinus ). -- noun One of the Cyprinidae , or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc.

Cypriot Cyp"ri·ot noun [ French Cypriot , Chypriot .] A native or inhabitant of Cyprus.

Cypripedium Cyp`ri·pe"di·um noun [ New Latin , from Cypris Venus + pes , pedis , foot.] (Botany) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.

Cypris Cy"pris noun ; plural Cyprides (s...p"r...-d...z). [ Latin Cypris , the Cyprian goddess Venus, Greek Ky`pris . See Cyprian .] (Zoology) A genus of small, bivalve, fresh-water Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus.

Cyprus Cy"prus noun [ Middle English cipres , cypirs ; perhaps so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Confer Cipers .] A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [ Obsolete]

Lawn as white as driven snow,
Cyprus black as e'er was crow.
Shak.

Cypruslawn Cy"prus·lawn` noun Same as Cyprus . Milton.

Cypræa Cy·præ"a noun [ New Latin ; confer Greek ............ a name of Venus.] (Zoology) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie .

Cypsela Cyp"se·la noun [ New Latin , from Greek ............ any hollow vessel.] (Botany) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.

Cypseliform Cyp·sel"i·form adjective [ Latin cypselus a kind of swallow, Greek ............ + - form .] (Zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts ( Cypselidæ .)

Cyrenaic Cyr`e·na"ic adjective [ Latin Cyrenaicus , from 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. -- noun A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian , noun

Cyrenian Cy·re"ni·an adjective Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic.

Cyrenian Cy·re"ni·an noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.

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.

Cyriologic Cyr`i·o·log"ic adjective [ See Curiologic .] Relating to capital letters.

Cyrtostyle Cyr"to·style noun [ Greek ............ bent + ......... pillar.] (Architecture) A circular projecting portion.

Cyst Cyst (sĭst) noun [ Greek ky`stis bladder, bag, pouch, from ky`ein to be pregnant. Confer Cyme .] 1. (Medicine) (a) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ. (b) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder. [ Written also cystis .]

2. (Botany) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algæ, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds ( Fuci ) of our shores. D. C. Eaton.

3. (Zoology) (a) A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc. (b) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment .

Cysted Cyst"ed adjective Inclosed in a cyst.

Cystic Cyst"ic adjective [ Confer French cystique .] 1. Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.

2. Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

Cystic duct , the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct. -- Cystic worm (Zoology) , a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus.

Cysticerce Cys"ti·cerce noun [ New Latin cysticercus , from Greek ............ bladder + ............ tail: confer French cysticerque .] (Zoology) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm , hydatid , and measle (as, pork measle ).

» These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See Measles , 4, Tapeworm .

Cysticule Cys"ti·cule noun [ Dim. of cyst .] (Anat.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. Owen.

Cystid Cys"tid noun (Zoology) One of the Cystidea.

Cystidea Cys·tid"e·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ............ a bladder, pouch.] (Zoology) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.

Cystidean Cys·tid"e·an noun (Zoology) One of the Cystidea.

Cystine Cyst"ine noun [ See Cyst .] (Physiol. Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C ₃ H ₇ NSO ₂ , containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.

Cystis Cys"tis noun [ New Latin ] A cyst. See Cyst .

Cystitis Cys·ti"tis noun [ Cyst + -itis : confer French cystite .] (Medicine) Inflammation of the bladder.

Cystocarp Cys"to·carp noun [ Greek ............ bladder + karpo`s fruit.] (Botany) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.

Cystocele Cys"to·cele noun [ Greek ............ bladder + ......... tumor: confer French cystocele .] (Medicine) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

Cystoid, Cystoidean Cys"toid, Cys·toid"e·an noun Same as Cystidean .

Cystoidea Cys·toi"de·a noun Same as Cystidea .

Cystolith Cys"to·lith noun [ Greek ............ bladder + -lith .] 1. (Botany) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.

2. (Medicine) A urinary calculus.

Cystolithic Cys`to·lith"ic adjective (Medicine) Relating to stone in the bladder.

Cystoplast Cys"to·plast noun [ Greek ............ bladder + ......... to form.] (Biol.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

Cystose Cyst"ose adjective Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.

Cystotome Cys"to·tome noun [ Greek ......... bladder + ............ to cut: confer French cystotome .] (Surg.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.

Cystotomy Cys·tot"o·my noun [ Greek ............ bladder + ............ to cut: confer French cystotomie .] The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

Cytherean Cyth`er·e"an adjective [ Latin Cythereus , from Cythera , Greek ........., now Cerigo , an island in the Ægean Sea, celebrated for the worship of Venus.] Pertaining to the goddess Venus.

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