caudex Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
    stock.
  2. noun woody stem of palms and tree ferns

WordNet

Cau"dex noun
Etymology
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Wordforms
plural L Caudices E Caudexes
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The sterm of a tree., esp. a sterm without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the pernnial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

Webster 1913