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cauline

[ kaw-lin, -lahyn ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.


cauline

/ ˈkÉ”Ëlɪn; -laɪn /

adjective

  1. relating to or growing from a plant stem
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cauline1

1750–60; < Latin caul ( is ) a stalk, stem + -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cauline1

C18: from New Latin ³¦²¹³Ü±ôÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, from Latin caulis stem
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Seeds not so broad as the partition, in two more or less distinct rows in each cell, at least when young; strict and very leafy-stemmed biennials; cauline leaves partly clasping by a sagittate base.

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Linn�us, Flora Suecica, 789, says that the flowers of it which have perfect corolla and full scent often bear no seed, but that the later 'cauline' blossoms, without petals, are fertile.

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The cauline leaves are stalked and diverge widely, which habit gives its name to the plant.

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Involucral leaves larger than the cauline; perianth laterally compressed, erect or decurved, obliquely truncate and bilabiate, the lobes entire or ciliate-dentate.

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Involucral leaves 4 or fewer, like the cauline or more incised, free; perianth laterally compressed or terete, usually 3–10-carinate, the usually small mouth entire or toothed.

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