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

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Main Entry: ↑caulis

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caulicolous, a. Bot.

(kɔːˈlɪkələs)

[f. L. caul-is stem + -cola inhabitant + -ous.]

‘Applied to parasitical phanerogamous plants that draw their nourishment by means of lateral suckers on their stems’, as the Dodder (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1881).