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Definition of Cauline
1. Adjective. (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground.
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Similar to: Cylindrical-stemmed, Leafy-stemmed, Multi-stemmed, Short-stemmed, Spiny-stemmed, Stout-stemmed, Thick-stemmed, Weak-stemmed, Wiry-stemmed, Woolly-stemmed, Woody-stemmed
Antonyms: Acaulescent
2. Adjective. Especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem. "Cauline leaves"
Definition of Cauline
1. a. Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis.
Definition of Cauline
1. Adjective. Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cauline
1. pertaining to a stem [adj]
Medical Definition of Cauline
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cauline
Literary usage of Cauline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"SIR cauline. IT may be proper to inform the reader, before he comes to Pt. II., v.
... Sir cauline not only conquers the pagan giant, but, unarmed, ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"least on the petioles ; the cauline entire, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, clasping
by the sagittate base : petals 2 to 3 lines long, little exceeding the ..."
3. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"MURO'RUM proper ; green, radical leaves toothed slightly hairy, petioles slender,
cauline often large and petioled, heads many small, peduncles short ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"I. The cauline Ivs. red- brown throughout.39. triste п. The cauline ITS.
partly green. i. Rosette 1rs. glaucous. K. Outer Its. of rosette Xl* И in ..."
5. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"Then up Syr cauline lift his brande All over his head so hye : " And here I sweare
by the holy roode, Nowe, ..."
6. Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction and Notes by William Motherwell (1846)
"We suspect, too, that the original ballad had a less melancholy catastrophe, and
that the brave Syr cauline, after his combat with the " hend Soldan," ..."
7. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"On both sides of each lateral bundle, that is opposite each corner of the
rectangular transverse section, there is further a small cauline bundle (j, i). ..."
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