truncaladj.
/ˈtrʌŋkəl/ Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a trunk; situated in or affecting the trunk.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > [adjective]
bodieda1547
truncal1847
the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [adjective] > of or relating to or having stem or trunk (bole)
trunked1640
truncal1847
bole-like1854
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Truncal, pertaining to the trunk or body.
1860 A. Phelps Still Hour xi. 67 A Christian's life, so conducted, must languish, as a tree does whose fibrous roots are stripped off, leaving only its truncal roots..for its nourishment.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 651 Internal trunkal inflammations, such as pneumonia and pleurisy.
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