AMPLEXICAUL

AMPLEX'ICAUL, adjective [Latin amplexor, to embrace, of amb about, and plico, plexus, to fold, and caulis a stem.]In botany, surrounding or embracing the stem, as the base of a leaf.

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amplexicaul. Amplexicaul, a. embracing the stem

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Am‐plex″i‐caul (�), a. [[L. amplexus, p. p. of amplecti to encircle, to embrace + caulis stem: cf. F. amplexicaule.]] (Bot.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray.