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auxocaulous

auxocaulous adjective: exhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments have a conspicuously greater diameter than the apical cell that generated them.

Adjective

auxocaulous (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments have a conspicuously greater diameter than the apical cell that generated them.
    Antonyms:
    leptocaulous

Antonyms of auxocaulous

Origin of auxocaulous

From auxo- (“growth”) + Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”) + -ous.

Questions about auxocaulous

What does auxocaulous mean?
Auxocaulous means exhibiting further enlargement of segments formed by secondary growth after their initial formation, so that filaments have a conspicuously greater diameter than the apical cell that generated them.
What part of speech is auxocaulous?
Auxocaulous is an adjective.

Words near auxocaulous in the dictionary

  1. auxlanger
  2. auxlangers
  3. auxlangs
  4. Auxo
  5. auxo-
  6. auxocaulous
  7. auxochrome
  8. auxochromes
  9. auxochromic
  10. auxochromous
  11. auxodrome

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