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Cow" tree` (kou" tr?`). [Cf. SP. palo de
vaca.] (Bot.) A tree (Galactodendron utile
or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which
yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling
milk.

Cow"weed" (-wEd`),, n.
(Bot.) Same as Cow parsley.

Cow"wheat` (-hw?t`), n.
(Bot.) A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with
black seeds, found on European wheatfields.

Cox (k?ks), n. [OE. cokes.
Cf. Coax.] A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.
[Obs.]

Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a
fop.

Beau. & Fl.

||Cox"a (k?ks"?), n. [L., the hip.]
(Zoöl.) The first joint of the leg of an insect
or crustacean.

{ ||Cox*al"gi*a (-?l"j?-?), Cox"al`gy
(k?ks"?l`j?), } n. [NL. coxalgia, fr. L.
coxa hip. + Gr. &?;&?;&?; pain: cf. F. coxalgie.]
(Med.) Pain in the hip.

Cox"comb` (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A
corrupted spelling of cock's comb.] 1.
(a) A strip of red cloth notched like the
comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their
caps.


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