- caulicolous
- \(ˈ)kȯ|likələs\ adjective
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary caul- + -colous; probably originally formed as French caulicole: growing on the stems of other plants
many fungi are caulicolous
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caulicˈolous adjective (botany)Growing on a stem• • •Main Entry: ↑caulis* * *
caulicolous, a. Bot.(kɔːˈlɪkələs)‘Applied to parasitical phanerogamous plants that draw their nourishment by means of lateral suckers on their stems’, as the Dodder (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1881).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.