Conyza canadensis Conyza canadensis is an annual plant native throughout most of North America and Central America. Common names include Horseweed, Canadian Horseweed, Canadian Fleabane, Coltstail, and Butterweed. It is an annual plant growing to 1.5 m tall, with sparsely hairy stems.
	Cook Strait Cook Strait is the strait between the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand. It was known for centuries as Raukawa Moana by Maori language but takes its current name from Captain James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it. On its the north side lies the city of Wellington, New Zealand, and on the south side, the Marlborough Sounds and Cloudy Bay.
	Cookbook A cookbook is a book that contains information on cooking, and a list of recipes. It may also contain information on ingredient origin, freshness, selection and quality, e.g. the Slow Food movement's ark of taste criteria. While western cookbooks usually group recipes for main courses by the main ingredient of the dishes, Cuisine of Japan cookbooks usually group them by cooking techniques.
	Cookie In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat baking cake. In most English language countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have different meaningsa cookie is a bun in Scotland or a form of rough-textured biscuit similar to the cookie pictured here, while in North America a biscuit is a kind of quick bread.
	Cookie cutter The term cookie cutter or cookie cutters may also refer to, Tract housing. A cookie cutter is a tool to stamp out cookie dough in a particular shape. A cookie cutter solution is a solution to a problem that can be applied in many situations without modification, and the phrase is often used pejoratively due to its connotation of "unimaginative" or "simplistic".
	Cooking apple A cooking apple is an apple that is used primarily for cooking rather than eating fresh. They are generally a lot less sweet and a lot more sour than eating varieties, and have a firm flesh that doesn't break down too much when cooked. Apples can be baked in an oven and served with custard or put into an apple pie or apple crumble.
	Cool jazz Cool jazz is a jazz style that emerged in the late 1940s in New York City.
	Coolie The term "coolie" is a pejorative term referring both to usually unskilled laborers from Asia, particularly China and India, who were sent to the United States, Canada, Australia, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Hawaii, Fiji, Mauritius, Runion and the West Indies in the 1800s to early 1900s and, in modern India, to railway and bus station porters.
	Cooling tower Cooling towers are evaporative coolers used for cooling water or other working medium to near-ambient temperature. Cooling towers use evaporation of water to reject heat from the system. They vary in size from small roof-top units to very large hyperbolic structures that can be over 120 metres tall and 100 metres in length or rectangular structures that can be over 40 metres tall and 80 metres long.
	Coonhound *Black and Tan Coonhound *Bluetick Coonhound *English Coonhound *Plott Hound *Redbone Coonhound *Treeing Walker Coonhound External links * Category:Dog types Category:Scent hounds de:Coonhound
	Coonskin cap A Coonskin cap is quite literally a cap fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon. The original coonskin cap consisted of the entire skin of the raccoon including its head and tail. The caps were originally a traditional Indigenous peoples of the Americas article of clothing, but when European settler began settling the Tennessee and Kentucky areas, they made it their own, evolving its use and wearing them as hunting caps.
	Cooper Union name =The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art |native_name = |latin_name = |image =|motto = |established =1859 |type =Private school |endowment =282 million |staff = |faculty = |president =George Campbell Jr..
	Cooper's Hawk The Cooper's Hawk is a medium-sized hawk. Adults have short broad wings and a long round-ended tail with dark bands. They have a dark cap, blue-grey upperparts and white underparts with red bars. They have red eyes and yellow legs. Adult females are much larger. This bird is somewhat larger than a Sharp-shinned Hawk, but smaller than a Northern Goshawk.
	Cooperative A cooperative is a group of persons who join together or co-operate, to carry on an economic activity of mutual aid.
	Coordinate system In mathematics and applications, a coordinate system is a system for assigning a tuple of numbers to each Point in an n-dimensional space. "Numbers" in many cases means real numbers, but, depending on context, can mean complex numbers or elements of some other field.
	Coordinated Universal Time Coordinated Universal Time is a high-precision atomic clock time standard. UTC has uniform seconds defined by International Atomic Time, with leap seconds announced at irregular intervals to compensate for the earth's slowing rotation, and other discrepancies. The leap seconds allow UTC to closely track Universal Time, which is a time standard based on the earth's angular rotation, rather than a uniform passage of seconds.
	Coot The coots are medium-sized water birds which are members of the rail family. They constitute the genus Fulica. The greatest species variety is in South America, and it is likely that the genus originated there. These rails are all predominantly black in Feather, and, unlike many of the rails, they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water rather than skulking in reedbeds.
	Cope The cope is a liturgical vestment, which may conveniently be described as a very long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any Liturgical colours. A cope may be worn by any rank of the clergy. If worn by a bishop it should be accompanied by a Mitre.
	Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark and the country's largest city , at present made up of 16 municipalities. It is also the name of the adjacent Copenhagen County. Copenhagen is the seat of the national Folketing, the Government of Denmark, and the List of Danish monarchs.
	Copepod Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every fresh water habitat. Many species are planktonic, but more are benthos, and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests, bogs, springs, ephemeral ponds and puddles, damp moss, or water-filled recesses of plants such as bromeliads and pitcher plants.
	Copernicia Copernicia is a genus of 24 species of Arecaceae, native to South America and the Caribbean. They are List of Arecaceae genera#Tribe Corypheae, with the leaf with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. The species are small to medium-sized trees growing to 5-30 m tall, typically occurring close to streams and rivers in savanna habitats.
	Copernicia alba Copernicia alba is a South American species of palm tree, which is found in dense pure forests in the humid part of the Gran Chaco ecoregion of Argentina, especially the provinces of Argentina of Formosa Province, and less abundantly towards drier areas.
	Coping saw In woodworking and carpenter, a coping saw is a type of hand saw used to cut intricate shapes and interior cutouts. It is widely used to cut Molding to create coping rather than miter joint joints. It is also occasionally used to create fretwork.
	Copland Copland was a project at Apple Computer to create an updated version of the Mac OS. It was to have introduced memory protection, multitasking and a number of new underlying operating system features, yet still be compatible with the vast majority of existing Mac software.
	Copper Copper is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with excellent electrical conductivity, and finds extensive use as an electrical conductor, as a building material, and as a component of various alloys.
	Copperplate Copperplate refers to the use of inscribed sheets of copper in printing. The etched sheets of copper are inked and then have paper rolled over them to produce a copy. In History of Southeast Asia, the use of copperplate for important documents was a stage in the writing system; they served as durable documentation in a climate which destroyed other documents.
	Copra Copra is the dry meat, or kernel, of the coconut. The name copra is derived from the Malayalam language word kopra for dried coconut. Copra is not to be mistaken as the scientific name for coconut . Coconut oil is extracted traditionally by grating or grinding copra, then boiling it in water.
	Coprinus The genus Coprinus is a small genus of mushrooms consisting of Coprinus comatus and several of its close relatives. Until 2001, Coprinus was a large genus consisting of all agaric species in which the lamellae autodigested to release their spores. Molecular phylogeny investigation found that Coprinus comatus was only a distant relative of the other members of Coprinus, and was closer to genera in the Agaricaceae.
	Coprophagia Coprophagia is the consumption of feces, from the Greek copros and phagein . Many animal species have evolved to practice coprophagia; other species do not normally consume feces but may do so under unusual conditions. Only in rare cases is it practiced by humans.
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	Coptis Coptis is a genus of between 1015 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Asia and North America. ;Selected species *Coptis aspleniifolia *Coptis chinensis *Coptis deltoidea *Coptis groenlandica *Coptis japonica
	Copyright Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. At its most general, it is literally "the right to copy" an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is ' , and in some jurisdictions may alternatively be written as either or .
	Cor anglais The cor anglais, or English horn, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. It is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a fifth lower than the oboe, and is consequently approximately one-third longer. The fingering and playing technique used for the cor anglais are essentially the same as those of the oboe.
	Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills. They generally have syndactyly, with three forward pointing toes. This is largely an Old World order, with the representation in the New World limited to 13 species of tody and motmots, and just six of the 84 kingfishers.
	Coracle A coracle is a primitive type of boat. It is a light boat, oval in shape, and formed of canvas stretched on a framework of split and interwoven rods, and well-coated with tar and pitch to render it water-tight. According to early writers the framework was covered with horse or bullock hide.
	Coral Corals are marine animals of the , which include sea anemones . Corals are gastrovascular cavity marine cnidarians and exist as small sea anemone-like polyps, typically in colonies of many individuals. The group includes the important Coral reef builders known as hermatypic corals, found in tropical oceans, and belonging to the subclass Zoantharia of order Scleractinia.
	Coral bean The Coral bean also known as the Cherokee bean, Red cardinal or Cardinal spear, is a flowering tree found throughout the south-eastern United States and north-eastern Mexico; it has also been reported from parts of Central America and, as an introduced species, from Pakistan.
	Coral reef Coral reefs grow in tropical seas in the photic zone, where there is mild wave action, not so strong it tears the reef apart yet strong enough to stir the water and deliver sufficient food and oxygen. Coral reefs also need nutrient-poor, clear, warm, shallow water to grow. Coral reefs are built up from millions of skeletons from tiny animals called polyps, which are related to sea anemones.
	Coral Sea The Coral Sea is a region off the north-east coast of Australia with a namesake chain of islands, including the Willis Island, Coringa, and Tregosse Islets. The Coral Sea is named for its primary feature, the Great Barrier Reef, which is the largest coral reef in the world.
	Coral snake The coral snakes are a large group of elapid snakes that can be divided into two distinct groups, New World coral snakes and Old World coral snakes. There are three genus among New World coral snakes that consist of over 65 recognized species. taxonomy classification is ongoing, so literature may vary depending on the source.
	Corbel In architecture a corbel is a term for a piece of stone jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger". The technique of corbelling, where rows of corbels support a projecting wall or parapet, has been used since Neolithic times.
	Corbel arch A corbel arch is an arch-type structure which uses the architecture technique of corbeling to span a space or void in a structure, such as an entranceway in a wall or as the span of a bridge. A corbel vault uses this technique to support the superstructure of a building's roof.
	Corchorus Corchorus is a genus of about 40-100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Different common names are used in different contexts, with Jute applying to the fibre produced from the plant, and Melokhia applied to the leaves used as a vegetable.
	Cordell Hull Cordell Hull served as United States Secretary of State from 1933-1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945.
	Cordgrass The genus Spartina, commonly known as cordgrass or cord-grass, contains 14 species, native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean in western and southern Europe, northwest and southern Africa, the Americas and the southern Atlantic Ocean islands; one or two species also occur on the North American Pacific Ocean coast and in freshwater habitats inland in the Americas.
	Cordia Cordia is a genus of shrubs and trees in the borage family Boraginaceae. About 300 species have been identified worldwide, mostly in warmer regions. Many Cordias have fragrant showy flowers and are popular in gardens, although they are not especially hardy. Like most other Boraginaceae, most have hairy leaves.
	Cordierite Cordierite is a magnesium iron aluminium Silicate minerals. Iron is almost always present and a solid solution exists between Mg-rich cordierite and Fe-rich sekaninaite with a series formula:2Al4Si5O18 to2Al4Si5O18.
	Cordite Cordite is a particular family of smokeless powder made by combining two high explosives: nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin, i.e. it is a double-base propellant. However, Cordite N, a triple-base propellant is also used . Cordite is classified as an explosive, but it is normally used as a propellant for guns and rockets.
	Cordyline Cordyline is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants classified in Asparagaceae or alternatively the segregate family Laxmanniaceae, in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, but placed by other authors in Agavaceae or Lomandraceae.
	Coregonus Coregonus Carolus Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of fish in the salmon family . The type species is the common whitefish . The Coregonus species are known as whitefishes. The Arctic cisco , the Bering cisco , and the sardine cisco are anadromous, moving between salt water and fresh water.
	Coreidae Coreidae is a large family of insects of the order Hemiptera, including some of the largest members of the entire order. There are over 1800 species in some 250 genera. They generally resemble shield bugs and include species known as leaf footed bugs and squash bugs. The hind legs are often modified, sometimes in elaborate ways; it appears that males of at least some species use these hind legs in combat over territories.
	Coreopsis gigantea Coreopsis gigantea is a woody perennial plant native to California. The stem is a trunk 1-2 m tall, 4-10 cm diameter. Bright green leaves and flowers are on the top of the trunk, the rest of the trunk is bare. The flowers are yellow, daisy-like, 6-20 cm. It is summer deciduous, leaving a bare trunk in summer.
	Coriander Coriander, also commonly called cilantro in North America, is an annual plant herb in the family Apiaceae. Coriander is native to southwestern Asia west to north Africa. It is a soft, hairless, foetid plant growing to 50 cm tall. The leaf are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the flowering stems.
	Corinth Corinth, or Korinth is a Greece city-state, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the west of the isthmus lies the Gulf of Corinth, to the east lies the Saronic Gulf. Corinth is about 48 miles southwest of Athens.
	Corinthian order The Corinthian order is one of the Classical orders of Greece and Rome architecture, characterized by a slender fluted column and an ornate capital decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls. Although of Greek origin, the Corinthian order was seldom used in Greek architecture.
	Coriolis effect The Coriolis effect is an apparent deflection of a moving object in a rotating frame of reference. The Coriolis effect caused by the rotation of the Earth is responsible for the precession of a Foucault pendulum and for the direction of rotation of Cyclone#Structure.
	Cork Cork is the second city of the Republic of Ireland and Ireland third most populous city after Dublin and Belfast respectively. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city of the province of Munster. The city proper has a population of 119,143 , a decrease from the 2002 population of 123,062; however, this increases to 186,239 if the suburbs of the city in the Cork County Council area are included.
	Cork Oak The Cork Oak is a medium sized, evergreen oak tree in the section List of Quercus species#Section Cerris. It is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa. It grows to up to 20 m, although it is typically more stunted in its native environment.
	Corkscrew A corkscrew is a tool for drawing Cork from wine bottles. Generally, it comprises a pointed metallic helix attached to a handle. The user grips the handle and screws the metal point through the cork, entwining the cork and corkscrew so that moving one moves the other.
	Corm A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat. A corm consists of one or more internodes with at least one growing point, and is typically surrounded by protective skins or tunics.
	Cormorant The Phalacrocoracidae family of birds is represented by 38 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, but in the one most commonly used, all but three species are placed in a single genus Phalacrocorax, the exceptions being the Galpagos Islands' Flightless Cormorant, the Kerguelen Shag and the Imperial Shag.
	Corn chowder Corn chowder is a type of white chowder similar to New England clam chowder, with maize and bacon substituted for clams in the recipe.
	Corn flakes Corn flakes are a food made by combining cooked maize along with sugar and vitamins. The dough is rolled and toasted to make the well-known flakes, which feature as a breakfast cereal, served with milk, however some like it without milk. The history of corn flakes goes back to the late 19th century, when a group of Seventh-day Adventists began to develop new food to meet the standards of their strict vegetarian diet.
	Corn poppy The Corn Poppy or Red Poppy is the wild poppy of agricultural cultivation—Papaver rhoeas. It is a variable annual plant, usually with vivid red flowers, surrounding a black center. In the northern hemisphere it generally flowers in June. It has a variety of common names.
	Corn salad Corn salad is a small plant of the family Valerianaceae which grows in a low rosette and in mild climates is used as a winter leaf vegetable, especially in salads. In warm and dry conditions it tends to bolt to seed. It is also called Lewiston cornsalad, mache, mche, doucette, rampon, lamb's lettuce, field salad, nssli, nsslisalat, and rapunzel.
	Corn smut Corn smut is a disease of maize caused by the pathogenic plant fungus Ustilago maydis. U. maydis causes Corn smut on maize and teosinte. Although it can infect any part of the plant it usually enters the ovaries and replaces the normal kernels of the cobs with large distorted tumors analogous to mushrooms.
	Corn Snake The Corn Snake or Red Rat Snake is a species of Rat Snake. The Latin word elaphe means deerskin. Popular in the pet trade, they are known for being smaller and less aggressive than other Rat Snake species. Their average adult length is about 5 feet long and they may live to be 30 years old in captivity.
	Corn spurry Spergula arvensis is a species of the genus Spergula. It is the County flowers of the United Kingdom of Montgomeryshire in the United Kingdom.
	Cornaceae The Dogwood family is a widespread family, mostly in the north temperate zone, in the order Cornales. The family mostly comprises woody shrubs and trees, in about fifteen genera, although which genera properly belong to this family is controversial. The Cornaceae is best known for two genera, dogwood, the dogwoods, and Nyssa, the tupelos; the latter is often placed, together with the Dove tree Davidia and the Happy tree Camptotheca, in a separate family, the Nyssaceae.
	Cornbread Cornbread is a generic name for any number of quick breads containing cornmeal. As maize is native to North America, it is not surprising that the various kinds of cornbreads are more prevalent in the New World. However, polenta is a kind of cornbread that is common in Italy.