02324 Cor"mo*phytes (k?r"m?-f?ts), Cor*moph"y*ta (k?r-m?f"?-t?), n. pl. [NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. trunk of a tree + plant.] (Bot.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.
02324 Cor"nish (k?r"n?sh), a. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.Cornish chough. See Chough. -- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.
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