Scientific name: Cu
Copper is a common, reddish-coloured metal that is used for electrical wiring, and mixed with other metals into alloys like brass and bronze. Copper is an extremely good conductor of electricity.
Oxides of copper are blue and green, and have been used to colour paints and glaze pots for thousands of years.
Scientific name: class: anthozoa
Coral are tiny animals that grow together to form huge colonies. Sometimes these colonies are so big we call them reefs. Coral do not move around, they live and die fixed in one place, which is more like a plant than an animal. Coral eat small fish and sea creatures by trapping them as they pass with their stinging tentacles.
A cord is a thick string or a thin rope. The term cord is also used to describe something that looks like a cord. This includes power cords, computer cords, and umbilical cords.
Corgis are a small herding dog originally bred in Wales. The most famous owner of corgi dogs is the Queen of England. Corgis are a funloving dog, and make good family pets.
Scientific name: coriandrum sativum
Coriander, also called Chinese Parsley, is a soft, fast-growing annual herb - it lives for a year or less. It is very easy to grow from its big, round seeds. It is best planted in early Spring, and again in Autumn in warmer areas. In warm weather it will go to seed very fast so it is best to plant it in a cool, sheltered spot.
Coriander leaves are is used fresh in a lot of Asian - particularly Thai, Middle Eastern and African cooking. It is also used in some South American dishes. Both the fresh leaves and the dried seed, powdered or whole, are used in cooking. Ground coriander seed is one of the main ingredients in curry powders and mixed spice. Coriander is also used to flavour cakes, cooked fruits and cookies and goes very well with chicken, fish and vegetable dishes. Coriander is though to help digestion and is useful in treating colic.
Scientific name: quercus suber
Corks are used to keep bottles tightly closed. Cork is slightly elastic, so it can be squashed smaller and will then snap back to its old size, which makes it perfect for sealing bottles and jars.
Cork is made from the bark of the cork oak, which is very closely related to the common oak tree. Cork can also be used to make floor coverings, and bulletin boards or pin boards.
