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caulescence

caulescence noun: the degree to which something, such as a plant or neuron, has a well-formed main stem.

Noun

caulescence (uncountable)

  1. The degree to which something, such as a plant or neuron, has a well-formed main stem.
    • Meanwhile, their caulescence distribution falls above both axons and dendrites, similar to maximum branch order.2015 July 10, Todd A Gillette, Giorgio A Ascoli, “Topological characterization of neuronal arbor morphology via sequence representation: I - motif analysis”, in BMC Bioinformatics, volume 16, →DOI

Origin of caulescence

From Late Latin caulescentia.

Questions about caulescence

What does caulescence mean?
Caulescence means the degree to which something, such as a plant or neuron, has a well-formed main stem.
What part of speech is caulescence?
Caulescence is a noun.

Words near caulescence in the dictionary

  1. caulerpenyne
  2. caulerpicin
  3. caulerpicins
  4. caulerpin
  5. caules
  6. caulescence
  7. caulescent
  8. Cauley
  9. Caulfeild
  10. Caulfield
  11. Caulfield East

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