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CAUDEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: caudices   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woody stem of palms and tree ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("caudex" is a kind of...):

stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant

Synonyms:

caudex; stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("caudex" is a kind of...):

stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)

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