caulicle

British  

/ ˈkɔːlɪkəl /

noun

1. botany a small stalk or stem

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Etymology

Origin of caulicle

C17: from Latin cauliculus, from caulis stem

Example Sentences

Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.

From Project Gutenberg

That was because it gives rise to the first root; but, as it is really the beginning of the stem, and because it is the stem that produces the root and not the root that produces the stem, it is better to name it the Caulicle.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

In germination this store is promptly utilized in the development of the caulicle to twenty or thirty times its length in the seed, and to corresponding thickness, in the formation of a cluster of roots at its lower end, and the early production of the incipient plumule; also in their own growth into efficient green leaves.

From Project Gutenberg

For they are thickened to the utmost, even into hemispheres; the caulicle does not lengthen at all; merely sends out roots from the lower end, and develops its strong plumule from the upper, the seed remaining unmoved underground.

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