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A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.

lfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.

An abbreviation for Confédération Générale du Travail (the French syndicalist labor union).

d side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. -- Chain coupling. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain. -- Chain gang, a gang of convi…

A California rosaceous shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) which often forms an impenetrable chaparral.

mbles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zoöl.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killerit is the state bird of New Mexico.…

A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat flelds, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also ch…

A Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone platyceras), which has migrated into California.

Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.

A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.

of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc. Its distribution or chorology. Huxley.

The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.

sium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.

A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.

e of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.

Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperas, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

piracy against [Amaziah]. 2 Kings xiv. 19. I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. Shak.

A disease affecting grapes, esp. in California, manifested by the premature dropping of the fruit.

A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).