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caulicle

caulicle noun: a small stalk or stem, especially the rudimentary stalk of a seed embryo.

Noun

caulicle (plural caulicles)

  1. A small stalk or stem, especially the rudimentary stalk of a seed embryo

Forms of caulicle

pluralcaulicles

Origin of caulicle

Borrowed from Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”). Doublet of cauliculus.

Questions about caulicle

What does caulicle mean?
Caulicle means a small stalk or stem, especially the rudimentary stalk of a seed embryo.
What part of speech is caulicle?
Caulicle is a noun.
What is the plural of caulicle?
The plural of caulicle is caulicles.

Words near caulicle in the dictionary

  1. Caulfield East
  2. Caulfield North
  3. Caulfield South
  4. Caulfields
  5. cauli
  6. caulicle
  7. caulicles
  8. caulicole
  9. caulicoles
  10. caulicolous
  11. cauliculi

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