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

The sterm of a tree., esp. a sterm without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the pernnial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

 

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