cau|dex

cau|dex
cau|dex «K dehks», noun, plural -di|ces «-duh seez», -dex|es. Botany.
1. the woody base of a perennial plant, which sends up new herbaceous stems each year in place of the old.
2. a) the stem or main axis of a tree. b) the stem of a palm or a tree fern.
[< Latin caudex, cōdex trunk of a tree]

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  • caudex — cau•dex [[t]ˈkɔ dɛks[/t]] n. pl. di•ces [[t] dəˌsiz[/t]] dex•es 1) bot the main stem of a tree, esp. a palm or tree fern 2) bot the woody or thickened persistent base of a nonwoody perennial • Etymology: 1820–30; < L: tree trunk …   From formal English to slang

  • Caudex — Cau|dex 〈m.; Gen.: , Pl.: di|ces〉 1. 〈Anat.〉 tiefer gelegener Teil des Gehirns beim Menschen u. bei Säugetieren 2. 〈Bot.〉 nicht verholzender Stamm der Palmen [Etym.: lat., »Baumstamm«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • Caudex — Cau|dex [k...] der; , ...dices [...tse:s] <aus lat. caudex »Baumstamm, Klotz«>: 1. [nicht verholzender] Stamm der Palmen u. Baumfarne. 2. tiefere Teile des Gehirns bei Säugetieren u. beim Menschen (im Gegensatz zu Groß u. Kleinhirn) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Caudex — Cau dex, n.; pl. L. {Caudices}, E. {Caudexes}. [L.] (Bot.) The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Caudexes — Caudex Cau dex, n.; pl. L. {Caudices}, E. {Caudexes}. [L.] (Bot.) The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Caudices — Caudex Cau dex, n.; pl. L. {Caudices}, E. {Caudexes}. [L.] (Bot.) The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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