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caulicle Bot.|ˈkɔːlɪk(ə)l|
[ad. L. cauliculus, dim. of caulis stalk.]
A little stalk or stem; spec. a. ‘the initial stalk or stem in an embryo, the radicle’ (Gray); b. a small stem proceeding from a bud formed at the neck of a root, without the previous production of a leaf; c. the stipe of certain fungals.
1657Phys. Dict., Caulicles, little stalks. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. ii. 10 Caulicle or Radicle. Ibid. iii. 40 The initial stem, the caulicle. 1882Vines Sach's Bot. 448 The foot (caulicle) of the young plant [Salvinia]. |