caulicle

/ ˈkɔːlɪkəl /

noun

1. botany a small stalk or stem

Word History and Origins

Origin of caulicle¹

C17: from Latin cauliculus, from caulis stem

Example Sentences

Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.

From Project Gutenberg

The stem at the very beginning produces roots, in most plants a single root from the base of the embryo-stem, or caulicle.

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In germination this store is promptly utilized in the development of the caulicle to twenty or thirty times its length in the seed, and to corresponding thickness, in the formation of a cluster of roots at its lower end, and the early production of the incipient plumule; also in their own growth into efficient green leaves.

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For they are thickened to the utmost, even into hemispheres; the caulicle does not lengthen at all; merely sends out roots from the lower end, and develops its strong plumule from the upper, the seed remaining unmoved underground.

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Embryo of Pea, i. e. a pea with the coats removed; the short and thick caulicle presented to view.

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