amplexicaul

[ am-plek-si-kawl ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. clasping the stem, as some leaves do at their base.

amplexicaul

/ æmˈplɛksɪˌkɔːl /

adjective

1. (of some sessile leaves, stipules, etc) having an enlarged base that encircles the stem

Word History and Origins

Origin of amplexicaul¹

1750–60; < New Latin amplexicaulis, equivalent to Latin amplex ( us ) embrace ( amplexus ) + -i- -i- + caulis stem ( cole )

Word History and Origins

Origin of amplexicaul¹

C18: from New Latin amplexicaulis, from Latin amplectī to embrace + caulis stalk

Example Sentences

It may be rounded, amplexicaul or narrowed.

From Project Gutenberg

The leaf-blade is convolute when young, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, variable from 1/4 to 2 inches long and 1/10 to 1/6 inch wide, acuminate, flat or somewhat wavy, glabrous on both the surfaces, rigidly pungent, densely crowded and distichously imbricate in the lower part of the stem, base is amplexicaul, and the margin is distantly serrate and rigidly ciliate.

From Project Gutenberg

The leaf-blade is glaucous green, 1 to 5 inches long, 1/8 to 3/8 inch broad, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, flat, rounded or subcordate, and amplexicaul at base, scaberulous throughout, with tubercle-based deciduous hairs on both the surfaces, and bearded at the base above the ligule; the margin is thickened, serrulate, ciliate with bulbous-based deciduous hairs.

From Project Gutenberg

The leaf-blade is broadly lanceolate, cordate at base, amplexicaul, acuminate or acute, with scattered long hairs both above and below, and some of the hairs of the under surface are tubercle-based, convolute when young; margin of the leaf is wavy, minutely serrate, and ciliated with distant hairs towards the lower half of the leaf when young; the midrib is prominent below.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves are amplexicaul and cordate at the base.

From Project Gutenberg