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adj. - (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground.

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  • For this reason the species is called acaulescent, indicating that it has no other stem than the subterranean rootstock.
  • Absolute suppression of the main axis is tantamount to the non-existence of the plant, so that the terms "acaulescent," "acaulosia," etc, must be considered relatively...
  • This conclusion being accepted, the accidental re-apparition of bracts within the family must be considered as a case of systematic atavism, quite analogous to the...
  • A blissful smile would gleam on his friendly moon of a face that floated atop his heavy torso like an acaulescent flower as he hesitated over the diphthongs and said to...
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