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caulis

/ ˈ°ìɔ˱ôɪ²õ /

noun

  1. rare.
    the main stem of a plant
“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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Origin of caulis1

C16: from Latin
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Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.

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Caulis of fish, 101. veal, 101.

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But today, sales have fallen again - cauliflowers down 5% in the past year - and only four in 10 households still eat caulis.

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Incendi patiens illis vernacula caulis Materia, appositumque igni genus utile terræ est, Uritur assidue calidus nunc sulfuris humor, Nunc spissus crebro præbetur flumine succus, Pingue bitumen adest, et quidquid cominus acres Irritat flammas; illius corporis Ætna est.

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It comes to us from the French Chou cabus, which is the French corruption of Caulis capitatus, the name by which Pliny described it.

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