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Webster 1913 Edition

Caudex

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Cau′dex

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Noun.
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pl. L.
Caudices
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, E.
Caudexes
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[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.

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