caulomen.
/ˈkɔːləʊm/ Botany.
The general name for the leaf-bearing axis of a plant; a stem or branch, or any member morphologically corresponding to these.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun]
stealc700
stemc888
spirea1000
stalka1366
caulc1420
codd?1440
stalec1440
thighc1440
shank1513
pipe?1523
start?1523
spindle1577
leg1597
scape1601
haulm1623
caulicle1657
culm1657
thyrse1658
scapus1704
stemlet1838
stam1839
caulis1861
caulome1875
tige1900
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. i. iii. 129 Applying a common name to all those parts which bear leaves; they may be termed Stem-structures (Caulomes) or simply Axes.
1883 G. Allen in Nature 22 Mar. 492 A central axis or caulome.
Derivatives
cauˈlomic adj. belonging to a caulome.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective]
festucous1656
cauline1757
caulinar1851
scapiform1857
caulomic1880
medullate1896
medullated1901
1880 Nature 16 Dec. 159/1 The bundles..belonging to the roots spring partly out of the caulomic vascular ring.
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