caulescent

American

[kaw-les-uhnt] / kɔˈlɛs ənt /

adjective

Botany.

having an obvious stem rising above the ground.

caulescent British

/ kɔːˈlɛsənt /

adjective

having a stem clearly visible above the ground

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Etymology

Origin of caulescent

1785–95; < Latin caul ( is ) a stalk, stem + -escent

Example Sentences

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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.

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Caulescent herbs or twining shrubs.

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Caulescent, having an obvious stem, 36.

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

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