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caulescent

[ kaw-les-uhnt ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. having an obvious stem rising above the ground.


caulescent

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adjective

  1. having a stem clearly visible above the ground
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caulescent1

1785–95; < Latin caul ( is ) a stalk, stem + -escent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of caulescent1

C18: from Latin caulis stalk
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Caulescent herbs or twining shrubs.

From

Achenes obovate or oblong, flattened, with thickish margins and beset with forked-capitellate hairs; pappus a single row of long awns or coarse rigid bristles, or reduced in the ray to chaffy scales.—Low scarcely caulescent herbs, with linear to spatulate entire leaves and large heads.

From

Caulescent, having an obvious stem, 36.

From

The index references for "Caulescent" and "Cauline" should probably be 38, rather than 36, but were not changed.

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