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Definition of Acaulescent

1. Adjective. (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground.

Definition of Acaulescent

1. a. Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.

Definition of Acaulescent

1. Adjective. (context: botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. ¹

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Definition of Acaulescent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Acaulescent

1. Describes a plant that lacks or seems to lack a stem. (06 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acaulescent

Literary usage of Acaulescent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1905)
"3281. Very beautiful species on account of its fine large foliage, and almost geminate white-and-purple flowers. SOME NEW acaulescent VIOLETS. ..."

2. The New American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure by Alphonso Wood (1889)
"... or acaulescent ; as the Primrose, Tulip, Blood- root. Like the peduncle, it is leafless or with bracts only, and may be either ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"acaulescent: If. solitary, sessile, flat on the ground, 14 x 12 in., very broadly ... acaulescent: If. solitary, attaining a size of 30 x 24 in., crenate, ..."

4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"An acaulescent caespitose perennial, with the ligule wanting, the corolla reduced to a truncate tube which is obscurely notched at the front and back. ..."

5. Introduction to Botany by William Chase Stevens (1902)
"acaulescent from a rootstock. Flowers various shades of violet and ... acaulescent, leaves and flowers arising from a rootstock which is scaly and thick. ..."

6. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"With short stems or usually acaulescent from a thick fibrous- rooted crown ... acaulescent : leaves lance-linear, 7 to 10 inches long, narrowing from a base ..."

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