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{ Car"a*core (?), Car"a*co`ra (?) },
n. [Malay kurakura.] A light vessel
or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in
the East Indies.

||Ca*rafe" (?), n. [F.] A
glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also
croft.

{ Car"a*geen` or Car"a*gheen` } (?),
n. See Carrageen.

Ca`ram*bo"la (?), n. (Bot.)
An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its
acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel
gooseberry.

Car"a*mel (?), n. [F.
caramel (cf. Sp. caramelo), LL. canna
mellis, cannamella, canamella, calamellus
mellitus, sugar cane, from or confused with L. canna
reed + mel, mellis, honey. See Cane.]
1. (Chem.) Burnt sugar; a brown or
black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble
in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies,
etc.

2. A kind of confectionery, usually a
small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying
composition and flavor.

Ca*ran"goid (?), a.


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