caulicle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

caulicle caulicles

Etymology

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

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.