单词 | caudex |
释义 | caudexn. Botany. ‘The axis of a plant, consisting of stem and root’ ( Treasury Bot. 1866): esp. applied to the stem of palms, ferns, and the like. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > caudex caudex1830 axis1835 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 280 Some [Palms] have a low caudex..others exhibit a towering stem. 1851 T. Moore Brit. Ferns (1864) 7 The stem of a Fern forms either an upright stock, called a caudex,..or it extends horizontally..and forms what is called a rhizome. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1830 |
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