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n. - Woody stem of palms and tree ferns; Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant.

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  • The swollen stem called caudex is basically a reservoir for nutrients and varies from species to species and plant to plant.
  • The leaves are its main feature; with age it becomes rather tall, 6ft. to 9ft. high, having a woody hole or caudex, which is largely concealed by the handsome drooping...
  • It was Claudius, and this was the very reason he was surnamed caudex, because among the ancients a structure formed by joining together several boards was called a...
  • They are an odd plant from the middle east with a large caudex.
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