caulicle
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of caulicle
C17: from Latin cauliculus, from caulis stem
Example Sentences
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It is not the caulicle; for this lengthens hardly any.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Theories are put forward, most learned theories, introducing capillary action, osmosis and cellular imbibition, to explain why the caulicle ascends and the radical descends.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Whole embryo of same just beginning to grow; a, the stemlet or caulicle, which in 13 has considerably lengthened.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Correspondingly, their caulicle does not lengthen to elevate them above the surface of the soil; the growth below the cotyledons is nearly all of root.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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