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pachycaulous

pachycaulous adjective: relating to a pachycaul; having a thick stem and few branches.

Adjective

pachycaulous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a pachycaul; having a thick stem and few branches.
    • Some of the herbaceous forms relate, like the banana, directly to the pachycaulous, others to the leptocaulous.2002, E. J. H. Corner, The Life of Plants, page 275
    Antonyms:
    leptocaulous

Antonyms of pachycaulous

Origin of pachycaulous

From pachycaul + -ous.

Questions about pachycaulous

What does pachycaulous mean?
Pachycaulous means relating to a pachycaul; having a thick stem and few branches.
What part of speech is pachycaulous?
Pachycaulous is an adjective.

Words near pachycaulous in the dictionary

  1. pachy-
  2. pachyblepharon
  3. pachybrachine
  4. pachycarpous
  5. pachycaul
  6. pachycaulous
  7. pachycauls
  8. pachycauly
  9. pachycephalia
  10. pachycephalic
  11. pachycephalid

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