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Woody stem of palms and tree ferns
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caudex
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A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem , but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises. In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is most often used with plants ...
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n. persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant [syn: stock ] woody stem of palms and tree ferns [also: caudices (pl)]
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n. (context botany English) An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
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Caudex \Cau"dex\, n.; pl. L. Caudices , E. Caudexes . [L.] (Bot.) The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.