Poisonous bean-shaped berry of a woody vine (Anamirta cocculus) of the
East Indies that yields picrotoxin.

cochineal
Red dye made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal
insects.

coddle
Cook in water below the boiling point: coddle eggs. Treat indulgently;
baby; pamper.

codling (codlin)
Greenish elongated English apple used for cooking. Small unripe apple.

Cohosh (baneberry, herb Christopher)
Plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries; especially
blue cohosh, black cohosh.

colchicum
Various bulbous plants of the genus Colchicum, such as the autumn
crocus. The dried ripe seeds or corms (short thick solid food-storing
underground stem) of the autumn crocus which yield colchicine.

collodion
Highly flammable, colorless or yellowish syrupy solution of pyroxylin,
ether, and alcohol, used as an adhesive to close small wounds and hold
surgical dressings, in topical medications, and for making photographic
plates.

colocynth (bitter apple)