caudex

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Definition of caudex in English English dictionary

An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water

{n} the part of a plant which connects the roots with the leaves

a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant

woody stem of palms and tree ferns

{i} thick trunk of a tree (mainly of palms)

esp

The stem of a tree

Hyphenation

cau·dex

Etymology

() From Latin caudex (“tree trunk”, “tree stem”); compare codex.“” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary