CAUDEX

caudex. Caudex, pl. caudexes, n. the part of a plant which connects the roots with the leaves

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‖Cau″dex (?), n.; pl. L. Caudices (#), E. Caudexes (#). [] (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.